"Exclusive: UN Conference Shuts Up Reporter; Calls Global Warming Science Questions 'Silly'"
Posted Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 10:44 am
Buenos Aires, Argentina (CNSNews.com) - The moderator of a panel discussion at the United Nations climate change conference here shut down questioning by a reporter who asked about disputed scientific claims regarding global warming, calling such questions "silly."
The panel discussion featured representatives of the Inuit people, who were announcing their intention to seek a ruling from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights against the United States "for causing global warming and its devastating impacts."
But when asked by CNSNews.com to defend the science behind the group's legal challenge, the moderator of the event cut off the reporter's questions and threatened "to put a stop to this..."
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betty (not verified)
Fri, 12/17/2004 - 13:55
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The debate about the anthropogenic (human-caused) climate change is largely over.
A recent survey of peer-reviewed studies published in Science magazine found no respected research debunking human-related activities as a major cause of climate change.
"Some corporations whose revenues might be adversely affected by controls on carbon dioxide emissions have also alleged major uncertainties in the science. Such statements suggest that there might be substantive disagreement in the scientific community about the reality of anthropogenic climate change. This is not the case."
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