Controversial Quotes On the Global Warming Controversy

More and more these days, global warming appears to be an accepted problem in society. In some ways, this is true, but many still debate the existence and extent of the problem. Consider the following positions taken by prominent individuals and groups.

Global warming - at least the modern nightmare vision - is a myth. I am sure of it and so are a growing number of scientists. But what is really worrying is that the world’s politicians and policy makers are not. - Professor David Bellamy

Information Administration projects that both U.S. coal use and carbon dioxide emissions are currently slated to increase by 40 percent by 2030. - Gus Speth, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.

The problem we are faced with is that the meteorological establishment and the global warming lobby research bodies which receive large funding are now apparently so corrupted by the largesse they receive that the scientists in them have sold their integrity. - Piers Corbyn

Today, we can see with our own eyes what global warming is doing. In that context it becomes truly irresponsible, if not immoral, for us not to do something. - Joe Lieberman

Shame on us if 100 or 200 years from now our grandchildren and great-grandchildren are living on a planet that has been irreparably damaged by global warming, and they ask, ‘How could those who came before us, who saw this coming, have let this happen?’ - Joe Lieberman

All this concern with the effects of global warming is another manifestation of being politically correct - Lord Young of Graffham

Global warming is too serious for the world any longer to ignore its danger or split into opposing factions on it. - Tony Blair

Climate change is the most severe problem that we are facing today, more serious even than the threat of terrorism. - David King, UK government chief scientific adviser.

Greenhouse gases are a class of gases that can trap heat near Earth’s surface. As they increase in the atmosphere, the extra heat they trap leads to global warming. This warming in turn places pressure on Earth’s climate system and can lead to climate change. - Tim Flannery

The absolutely best case scenario - which in my opinion is unrealistic - with the minimum expected climate change… we end up with an estimate of 9% [of all species] facing extinction. - Chris Thomas, University of Leeds

The European records, being so long, make a convincing case that we’re already seeing changes … This is not like ‘Centuries from now the ice sheets will melt.’ This is ‘In a few decades it will be dramatically different.’ To me, that’s alarming. - Drew Shindell, NASA physicist

There is a significant minority of genuine experts in the field who believe that the Armageddon scenario is grossly oversold, especially by climatologists in pursuit of government funding and research grants. Such dissidents are treated as if they were heretics within an established religion. - Dominic Lawson

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