EPA Chief Gina McCarthy has declared that the science behind global warming is settled. “It’s worrisome that our science seems to be under constant assault by a small – but vocal – group of critics,” McCarthy said. “I bet when those same critics get sick, they run to doctors and hospitals that rely on science from – guess who – Harvard University and the American Cancer Society,” McCarthy continued, going off on a litany of ways the nanny state protects us from every ill. “People and businesses around the world look to EPA and other federal agencies because our science is reliable, and our scientists are credible,” she insisted. And the kicker: “Climate change is not the product of conspiracies or political agendas.” On the contrary, climate change has everything to do with the political agenda of those who want to empower government. It’s no coincidence that McCarthy’s EPA is the agency that has usurped the most regulatory authority in this area. But shut up, she explained.