Than 1000 International Scientists Dissent Over Man-Made Global ...

‗alarmists' who are trying to harm this country," Durrenberger wrote to EPW on May 19,
2007. "Put me on the list of skeptical members," Durrenberger, who is also a meteorologist,
wrote. He also served as a member of a science panel for the National Academy of
Sciences.
Meteorologist John Coleman, Founder of The Weather Channel and former
meteorologist for ABC's Good Morning America, slammed the "recent political hype
and media frenzy" about man-made global warming fears. "The recent political hype and
media frenzy about ‗Global Warming' is, in my studied opinion, an unprecedented episode
of mass extremism and silliness," Coleman wrote in a May 19, 2007 email to EPW. "I
believe that fifty years from now, serious scientists, political leaders and news editors will
look back with astonished embarrassment at the irresponsibility of their predecessors. Its
not that the Earth's atmosphere isn't somewhat warmer in 2007 than it was in 1907. It is. It
is not that mankind's civilization isn't contributing to warming. It is. But the recent
warming trend is not extreme or wildly accelerating or irreversible or destined to destroy
our way of life. As I see it, the predictions of future catastrophic consequences of warming
are totally without foundation," Coleman explained. "Much of what minor warming has
been underway in recent years is the result of natural fluctuations in the heat output of the
Sun and from other natural cycles. Much of the man made warming is from Urban Heat
Islands and is well documented. Many other human activities from agriculture to aviation
are having some impact on climate. These changes are worthy of study, reasonable concern
and corrective action. All of that is taking place. But as for the dire predictions that
dominate the political and media coverage today, there are serious doubts in my mind about
their validity," he continued. "The historic data on which many of the ‗studies' are based
seems to have been selected and massaged to produce the investigators biased
predetermined conclusions. And, the notion that the historic measurements are accurate
within less than a degree of two is questionable. The old instruments were crude by any
modern standards. And inference of past temperatures from other environmental traces
seem to me to be subject to significant error. All computer forecast models require a basic
set of assumptions. In many cases the bias of the investigators seem to have produced
assumptions that have little reasonable basis," he concluded. (LINK)
Chief Meteorologist Bob Breck of WVUE-TV in New Orleans rejected man-made
climate fears. "As you well know, those of us older than 50 recall the same type of scare
tactics back in the late 60s & 70s. The ‗consensus' of scientists back then were warning of
global cooling and the possible beginning of a new Little Ice Age. How could so many
brilliant scientists have been so wrong?" Breck wrote to EPW on May 20, 2007. "The new
(translation-younger) ‗consensus' of scientists want you to believe that they have better
data, that they have computer modeling and (worse yet) they're smarter! They want us to
believe that the current warming will continue forever, yet there is nothing in the
climatological history of our planet that indicates this will be the case. On the
contrary, there is ample evidence to explain the current warming, that CO2 is NOT the
driver, and that other factors (deep ocean current cycles, solar energy fluctuations) are more
responsible," Breck explained. "The media has decided that the facts, other than carbon
dioxide being the driver, are not sexy enough to warrant any coverage. I hope there are
enough members of Congress who remember the global cooling scare of 30-40 years ago,"
Breck concluded.
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