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has more than 150 published articles in the research fields _ I was reading from a statement prepared by UNEP. Faith- of thermodynamics, numerical methods in fluid mechanics __ based science it may be, but who has time to review all the and meteorological forecasting. "There are measurable evidence? I'll continue to act on the basis of anthropic climate changes but there is also an enormous climate change, but I really need to put some more time manipulation in reducing everything to CO2 and _ into this," Zurayk wrote. equivalents. The main gas producing the greenhouse effect is water vapour. The present alarm on climate Nature, Not Human Activity, Rules the Climate change is an instrument of social control, a pretext for The Heartland Institute's International Conference on major businesses and political battle. It became an Climate Change built on the momentum of a growing ideology, which is concerning," Domingos said. number of sceptics as it showcased a new report by a team Physics professor Dr Frederick Wolf, of Keene State of international scientists who have formed a group to College in New Hampshire, declared himself a dissenter counter the UN IPCC: the "Nongovernmental of man-made climate change fears in January 2008. Wolf International Panel of Climate Change" (NIPCC). The has taught meteorology and climatology courses for the sceptical scientists' report was titled "Nature, Not Human past 25 years and will be undertaking a sabbatical project Activity, Rules the Climate". Key findings of the NIPCC's on global warming. "Several things have contributed to report were: (1) most of climate change is caused by my skepticism about global warming being due to human _ natural forces; (2) the human contribution is not causes. We all know that the atmosphere is a very _ significant; and (3) solar activity changes are the main complicated system," Wolf said. cause of climate change. "I am impressed by the number Climate scientist Dr S. Fred of scientific colleagues who are " there is n nvincin Singer, former director the US naturally skeptical about the . =o LITE Te OO Ge ncn 8 Weather Satellite Service and conclusion of human-induced evidence that CO, emissions past vice-chairman of the US warming," he added. . . oe National Advisory Committee on from modern industrial activity J G.cans and Atmosphere, told the Lamenting Use of the Term [have] in the past [caused]... conference that the IPCC "chose "Consensus" ene to ignore these facts, because The number of scientists who or will in the future cause they conflicted with the are now publicly dissenting from Gore's and the UN's view of climate change has become so overwhelming that promoters of conclusion that global warming is anthropogenic [man-made]". catastrophic climate change..." No Global Crisis man-made climate fears now lament the use, or the The New York conference, featuring hundreds of overuse, of the term "consensus" in the public discussion climate experts from around the world, issued a March 4 of global warming. "I do think the scientific community, "Manhattan Declaration" on man-made global warming, the progressive community, environmentalists and media __ stating in part that: are making a serious mistake by using the word e "there is no convincing evidence that CO2 emissions ‘consensus' to describe ... [climate change] impacts," wrote from modern industrial activity [have] in the past [caused], Joseph Romm of Climate Progress in a February 27,2008, [are] now [causing], or will in the future cause commentary on Salon.com. (Note: Despite the growing catastrophic climate change"; scientific dissent and the increasing number of peer- ¢ "attempts by governments to inflict taxes and costly reviewed studies which debunk rising CO: fears, Romm __ regulations on industry and individual citizens with the now advocates that the term "consensus" be dropped in —_ aim of reducing emissions of CO will pointlessly curtail favour of a stronger term to promote man-made climate the prosperity of the West and progress of developing fears.) nations without affecting climate"; and In addition, at least one scientist publicly pondered ¢ "human-caused climate change is not a global crisis". reconsidering his view of man-made climate fears after the The declaration resolved that "scientific questions Senate report of 400 scientists was released in December __ should be evaluated solely by the scientific method". 2007. "It [the report] got me thinking: I'm an environmental scientist, but I've never had time to review "Warming Island" Not So New the 'evidence' for the anthropic causes of global warming," Former Virginia State Climatologist Dr Patrick Michaels wrote environmental scientist Professor Rami Zurayk of | addressed the conference and debunked fears of the American University in Beirut on December 27, 2007. unprecedented melting in Greenland. Michaels noted the "When I said, in my opening speech for the launch of | media hype recently about the "discovery" of a "new" UNEP's [United Nations Environment Programme's] island in Greenland caused by melting glaciers, dubbed Global Environment Outlook-4 in Beirut, 'There is now irrevocable evidence that climate change is taking place...', Continued on page 72 I was reading from a statement prepared by UNEP. Faith- based science it may be, but who has time to review all the evidence? I'll continue to act on the basis of anthropic climate change, but I really need to put some more time into this," Zurayk wrote. "| there is no convincing evidence that CO, emissions [have] in the past [caused]... or will in the future cause "Warming Island" Not So New Former Virginia State Climatologist Dr Patrick Michaels addressed the conference and debunked fears of unprecedented melting in Greenland. Michaels noted the media hype recently about the "discovery" of a "new" island in Greenland caused by melting glaciers, dubbed 22 ¢ NEXUS catastrophic climate change..." Continued on page 72 www.nexusmagazine.com FEBRUARY — MARCH 2009