Well, unca Donald, you question the veracity of any source that does not pass your political lithmus test, so perhaps others have the right to question your source.

It is a Left-Green think tank on a college campus in the "People's Republic of Massachusetts".

It is nice to see the quote by Paul Ehrlich, a fine man with whom I was on a first name basis at one time. The quote you linked to is:

       "Laypeople frequently assume that in a political dispute the truth must lie somewhere in the middle, and they are often right. In a scientific dispute, though, such an assumption is usually wrong." - Paul Ehrlich

Laypeople, in this case, means non-scientists, and implies "people do not know what they are talking about".

The author of the article also gives his opinion that "It is human nature to protect your own interests."

Another true statement. There is an almost unlimited amount of research money available for those wish to support global warming and next to no money to people who will not support it.