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Government agencies get more tax revenue, the United THE DEBATE RESUMES: Climate conference for Nations gets a revenue stream, insurance companies global warming sceptics challenges claims of collect higher premiums, attorneys file more lawsuits, consensus, alleges suppression of findings sceptical Wall Street gets a new source of commissions and fees, of alarmist predictions corporations get more subsidies, various environmentalist — Marc Morano, March 15, 2008 nonprofits, activists, academics, politicians and professional consultants acquire a game-changing new cientists sceptical of man-made climate fears, source of funding and influence, small businesses get meeting at the 2008 International Conference on destroyed because they can't afford to comply with the Climate Change in New York City, described new regulations, and families everywhere pay punitive "absolute horror stories" about how some scientific prices for energy, water and land. Is this the future we journals have engaged in "outrageous and unethical want? Maybe, if all of this AGW alarmism were true! behaviour" in attempting to suppress them from The 2008 International Conference on Climate Change _ publishing their work in peer-reviewed journals. described in this feature, held in early The groundbreaking March 2-4 March in New York City, featured some conference, which featured about 100 of the most credible (and credentialled) speakers with over 500 people people ever to wane ata climate- attending, presented the report of a related event. eir presentations on team of international scientists who climate science were diverse, as befits a The conference formed a group to counter the UN scientific conference, and most of the occurred just months IPCC. (Note: The author of this report participants were "sceptics", something attended and participated in the that also befits a scientific conference. after the release conference.) But despite the report's description of Th hich d significant u . of a blockbuster e event, which garnered significan this event as being well covered by the oo. international and US media attention, media, in fealty it was ae For the US Senate Minority featured many current and former UN most part, the media ignored this event. ° IPCC scientists from around the world. The comparison that is valid is not Report featuring The conference occurred just months after the release of a blockbuster US Senate Minority Report featuring over 400 prominent scientists who recently disputed man-made global warming claims. The more than 400 scientists featured in the report thoroughly debunk the assertions that "all scientists agree" about man-made global warming. But as New York Times environmental reporter Andrew whether or not a few of the over 400 prominent mainstream media outlets reported . . scientists who on this event, but whether or not this event got the level of attention ly di d that the most recent United recent y ispute man-made global warming claims. Nations IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) press release garnered, and by that measure coverage was nonexistent. And in too many cases, coverage was slanted to present a smarmy, derisive characterisation of the event as a final gasp of the "Flat Revkin noted on March 6: "As we Earthers". all know, climate science is not a Many conscientious people, relatively free of biases, numbers game (there are heaps of signed statements by simply feel that climate science is beyond them. They _ folks with advanced degrees on all sides of this issue)." need to recognise that this inhibition hasn't stopped the Furthermore, a Canadian survey of scientists, released people reporting the news or those in the political and gy March 6, 2008, offered even more evidence that the entertainment communities whose pronouncements they alleged "consensus" is nonexistent. A canvass of more have relied upon. than 51,000 scientists with the Association of Professional And for those who believe in AGW alarmism because it Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta fits pre-existing biases or furthers a political or economic — (APEGGA) found that 68 per cent of them disagree with agenda, know this: science—stripping away the the statement that "the debate on the scientific causes of corruption and opportunism that has infected much of the recent climate change is settled". scientific community when it comes to the question of According to the survey, only 26 per cent of scientists alleged global warming—has no ideology, no ulterior attributed global warming to "human activity like burning purpose; it is utterly dispassionate. Science relies on _ fogsil fuels". scepticism and ultimately rests on truth. APEGGA's executive director Neil Windsor said: ~ Ed "Redwood" Ring, Editor and CEO, EcoWorld, "We're not surprised at all. There is no clear consensus of March 15, 2008, http://www.ecoworld.com __gcientists that we know of." THE DEBATE RESUMES: Climate conference for global warming sceptics challenges claims of consensus, alleges suppression of findings sceptical of alarmist predictions — Marc Morano, March 15, 2008 occurred just months after the release over 400 prominent scientists who recently disputed man-made global warming claims. as 18 ¢ NEXUS The conference of a blockbuster US Senate Minority Report featuring . www.nexusmagazine.com FEBRUARY — MARCH 2009