Global Warming or Global Governance?

Michael Coffman — Global Warming or Global Governance? “The cover of the August 13, 2007 issue of Newsweek sports a picture of a very active sun with a title “Global Warming is a Hoax.” But the cover story isn’t about how the man-caused global warming hysteria is a hoax. Oh, no, it is just the opposite. It is a diatribe about how those who are skeptical about man’s influence on climate are denying the truth and are undermining the true science.”

“Science that allegedly shows without a doubt that man is causing global warming. The article’s title, “The Truth About Denial,” provides the lead-in for the accusation that the skeptics are receiving millions of dollars (primarily from big oil, of course) to provide research disproving man-caused global warming. The author, Sharon Begley, accused Exxon alone of giving $19 million to such efforts.”

“Nineteen million dollars since 1990 is a lot of money – until it is compared to the whooping $50 billion that has fed the man-caused global warming hysteria. Paleoclimate scientist Bob Carter, who has testified before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, explains how much money has been spent researching and promoting climate fears. “In one of the more expensive ironies of history, the expenditure of more than $US50 billion on research into global warming since 1990 has failed to demonstrate any human-caused climate trend, let alone a dangerous one.”