Here is an update from the Climate Change Conference in Chicago. Thanks to The Heartland Institute for bringing the truth to light against the onslaught of the MMGW propogandists.
"What do global warming activist groups such as the World Wildlife Fund, the John Heinz III Center, the Carnegie Institution of Washington, and Susanne Moser [cq] Research & Consulting, Santa Cruz, California have in common? They are all partisan and largely discredited groups that nevertheless form the core of the National Academy of Sciences panel that just released a predictably alarmist and unsubstantiated report on global warming.
"The unaffiliated scientists on the panel are no more objective or credible. Stanford University's Pamela Matson, who chairs the panel, has for years been pushing global warming alarmism and global warming activism. Last fall she sent a letter to Congress defending the fraudsters at the heart of the Climategate scandal, claiming the emails that documented the manipulation and destruction of scientific evidence were being 'misrepresented' by 'opponents of taking action on climate change.'
"Vice Chair Thomas Dietz shows even less objectivity than Matson. 'Global warming is unequivocal, and is largely caused by human action,' Dietz previously wrote in a magazine called The Solutions Journal. It is hard to imagine that a scientist who has publicly staked out such an inflexible position would at the same time look at competing scientific theories with objectivity and an open mind.
"When our federal government funds partisan, closed-minded reports compiled by activists representing only one side of a controversial issue, it is no wonder the federal government has lost the trust and respect of everyday citizens. Moreover, the fact that the authors of these biased reports are presenting them as justification for more federal grants and taxpayer subsidies should come as no surprise to anyone."
James M. Taylor
Senior Fellow, Environment Policy
The Heartland Institute
jtaylor@heartland.org