Monday, December 17, 2007

Scientists Send Letter to UN: Headed in entirely wrong direction

If a former vice president with absolutely no formal scientific training in climatology or meteorology makes a statement about the world coming to an end due to rising temperatures, media will fawn over him like teenyboppers in the presence of Elvis Presley.

Yet, if more than 100 scientists from around the world send a letter to the Secretary General of the United Nations urging him and his organization to stop wasting time, resources, and money fighting a futile climate change battle, crickets will be heard in newsrooms around the country.

Yet, such was the case when scientists from around the planet signed their names to the following letter sent to Ban Ki-moon Thursday as nations were meeting in Bali to discuss preposterous and economically damaging ideas to address global warming:

[the subject line of which reads: "Re: UN climate conference taking the World in entirely the wrong direction" - read it > http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/reprint/open_letter_to_un.html, or if you're skeptical re: skepticism, start with the list of signatories - it's impressive > http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=164004.]

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2007/12/14/scientists-send-letter-un-give-futile-climate-change-battle#comments

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