Climate Depot’s Morano: G8 Leaders embrace ‘climate astrology’ – Trying to control Earth’s thermostat is ‘madness of our age’
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Report: G-8 Summit Fails to Agree on Targets in Climate Plan — ‘Undercutting effort to build global consensus to fight climate change’
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Controlling Nature? Obama backs ‘historic breakthrough’ in G8 climate talks – ‘Agree to goal of keeping the world’s temps from rising more than 2C’
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Indian Official: ‘India will not accept any emission-reduction target — period. This is a non-negotiable stand’
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Say what? ‘Tories have pledged to sit with racists and those who deny that global warming is a man-made problem’
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Nobel laureate: ‘Wind is not the future’…Europe should cancel its big wind plans
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Report: ‘Probability of a Kyoto-style treaty with legally binding emissions targets are now close to zero’
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Skeptical French Scientist Rebukes Climate Critics: ‘We are not in the Soviet Union, we can contest a scientific thesis’
Washington, DC: Controversy continues to swirl around French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s possible appointment of renowned geophysicist and former socialist party leader Dr. Claude Allegre – France’s most outspoken global warming skeptic — as the new super-ministry of industry and innovation.
Just one day after news reports revealed Sarkozy is close to appointing Allegre to a high government post, Allegre has fired back at critics upset that he has embraced a skeptical view of man-made global warming fears.
“We are not in the Soviet Union, we can contest a scientific thesis,” Allegre retorted, according to a May 28, 2009 article in Nature’s blog. (See: Claude Allegre back in French government? – May 28, 2009)
Nature’s Blog Excerpt: Allegre has responded to such criticisms by saying that he recognizes the reality of climate change but had doubts as to its causes “given that the climate is a complex phenomenon,” and was worried that the challenges facing the planet might lead to decreases in economic growth and threaten the free market. Questioned by the newspaper Le Monde, Allegre said: “I’ve nothing to say. I’m in my lab writing a scientific article,” describing the current controversy as nothing more than “agitation.” “We are not in the Soviet Union,” he added with respect to his opinions on climate change, “we can contest a scientific thesis.” [End Nature Blog excerpt]
Climate Depot reported on May 27, 2009 about Allegre’s unique past.
Climate Depot Excerpt: Skeptical Scientist Who Mocked Gore’s Nobel Prize as ‘Political Gimmick’ May Be Appointed to French Super-Ministry Post – Reversed View of Warming To Become Skeptic – Ridiculed Gore’s Film as ‘Nonsense’
French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s appears ready to appoint renowned geophysicist and former socialist party leader Dr. Claude Allegre – France’s most outspoken global warming skeptic — as the new super-ministry of industry and innovation.
If Allegre, who has mocked former Vice President Al Gore’s Nobel Prize as “a political gimmick,” is chosen for the appointment, it would send political earthquakes through Europe and the rest of the world. Allegre is a former believer in man-made global warming who reversed his views in recent years to become one of the most vocal dissenters of man-made global warming fears. Climate Depot first reported on Allegre’s possible appointment to a government post on April 16, 2009. (See also: Sarkozy in climate row over reshuffle – Financial Times – May 27, 2009)
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German minister: Copenhagen climate summit heading for disaster
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The myth of the Danish green energy ‘miracle’
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