Sixty Skeptics Find "observational evidence" Wanting

By Ross Gelbspan

onApr 11, 2006 @ 13:28 PDT

“Observational evidence does not support today’s computerclimate models, so there is little reason to trust model predictions of the future,” write 60 climate skeptics, many of them bankrolled by the carbon industry.

(Oh. The glaciers are melting, the ice caps are dissolving, deep oceans are warming, violent weather is increasing and the timing of the seasons is changing – and it must be due to the fact that earth’s temperature has flatlined! – RG) (Open Letter from 60 climate skeptics to Stephen Harper)

For more on the who’s who of the global warming denial industry, check out our comprehensive climate deniers research database.

By Ross Gelbspan

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