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| − | [[Patrick Michaels]] is a [[Cato Institute]] scholar who asserts that global warming is a ‘myth’.<ref>Patrick J Michaels, [http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=9406 Global-Warming Myth], ''Cato Institute'', accessed 12.10.10</ref> Michaels bases his opinion on evidence from the work of Noah Keenlyside and his team from the Leipzig Institute of Marine Science. According to their paper, the Earth’s oceans have a natural variability which will ‘temporarily offset’ global warming from carbon dioxide.<ref>Patrick J Michaels, [http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=9406 Global-Warming Myth], ''Cato Institute'', accessed 12.10.10</ref> The argument is that the Earth’s surface is 70% oceanic, therefore significantly influences global temperature, this means that ‘Both Atlantic and Pacific temperatures can get “stuck” for a decade or longer, in relatively warm or cool patterns.’<ref>Patrick J Michaels, [http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=9406 Global-Warming Myth], ''Cato Institute'', accessed 12.10.10</ref> Michaels also criticises legislative efforts to control climate change, stating, ‘Science no longer provides justification for any rush to pass drastic global warming legislation’.<ref>Patrick J Michaels, [http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=9406 Global-Warming Myth], ''Cato Institute'', accessed 12.10.10</ref> | + | [[Patrick Michaels]] is a [[Cato Institute]] scholar who asserts that global warming is a ‘myth’.<ref>Patrick J Michaels, [http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=9406 Global-Warming Myth], ''Cato Institute'', accessed 12.10.10</ref> Michaels bases his opinion on evidence from the work of [[Noah Keenlyside]] and his team from the [[Leipzig Institute of Marine Science]]. According to their paper, the Earth’s oceans have a natural variability which will ‘temporarily offset’ global warming from carbon dioxide.<ref>Patrick J Michaels, [http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=9406 Global-Warming Myth], ''Cato Institute'', accessed 12.10.10</ref> The argument is that the Earth’s surface is 70% oceanic, therefore significantly influences global temperature, this means that ‘Both Atlantic and Pacific temperatures can get “stuck” for a decade or longer, in relatively warm or cool patterns.’<ref>Patrick J Michaels, [http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=9406 Global-Warming Myth], ''Cato Institute'', accessed 12.10.10</ref> Michaels also criticises legislative efforts to control climate change, stating, ‘Science no longer provides justification for any rush to pass drastic global warming legislation’.<ref>Patrick J Michaels, [http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=9406 Global-Warming Myth], ''Cato Institute'', accessed 12.10.10</ref> |
| − | Michaels described the Climate Security Act, which aimed to cut emissions of carbon dioxide by 66% over the next 42 years, sponsored by Joe Lieberman and John Warner as ‘impossible to achieve’, and he called the Interior Department’s intent on naming the polar bear an endangered species as a ‘political stunt’ because they were, according to Michaels, near record-high population levels.<ref>Patrick J Michaels, [http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=9406 Global-Warming Myth], ''Cato Institute'', accessed 12.10.10</ref> | + | Michaels described the Climate Security Act, which aimed to cut emissions of carbon dioxide by 66% over the next 42 years, sponsored by [[Joe Lieberman]] and [[John Warner]] as ‘impossible to achieve’, and he called the Interior Department’s intent on naming the polar bear an endangered species as a ‘political stunt’ because they were, according to Michaels, near record-high population levels.<ref>Patrick J Michaels, [http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=9406 Global-Warming Myth], ''Cato Institute'', accessed 12.10.10</ref> |
==Funding== | ==Funding== | ||
| − | A leaked memo from the [http://www.powerbase.info/images/1/1c/Intermountain_Rural_Electric_Association.pdf Intermountain Rural Electric Association] shows that they | + | A leaked memo from the [http://www.powerbase.info/images/1/1c/Intermountain_Rural_Electric_Association.pdf Intermountain Rural Electric Association] shows that they paid Michaels $100,000 in February 2006. |
==External Resources== | ==External Resources== | ||
Revision as of 08:21, 16 May 2011
Patrick Michaels is a Cato Institute scholar who asserts that global warming is a ‘myth’.[1] Michaels bases his opinion on evidence from the work of Noah Keenlyside and his team from the Leipzig Institute of Marine Science. According to their paper, the Earth’s oceans have a natural variability which will ‘temporarily offset’ global warming from carbon dioxide.[2] The argument is that the Earth’s surface is 70% oceanic, therefore significantly influences global temperature, this means that ‘Both Atlantic and Pacific temperatures can get “stuck” for a decade or longer, in relatively warm or cool patterns.’[3] Michaels also criticises legislative efforts to control climate change, stating, ‘Science no longer provides justification for any rush to pass drastic global warming legislation’.[4]
Michaels described the Climate Security Act, which aimed to cut emissions of carbon dioxide by 66% over the next 42 years, sponsored by Joe Lieberman and John Warner as ‘impossible to achieve’, and he called the Interior Department’s intent on naming the polar bear an endangered species as a ‘political stunt’ because they were, according to Michaels, near record-high population levels.[5]
Funding
A leaked memo from the Intermountain Rural Electric Association shows that they paid Michaels $100,000 in February 2006.
External Resources
- Union of Concerned Scientists, Scientists' Report Documents ExxonMobil’s Tobacco-like Disinformation Campaign on Global Warming Science , 3 January 2007.
Notes
- ↑ Patrick J Michaels, Global-Warming Myth, Cato Institute, accessed 12.10.10
- ↑ Patrick J Michaels, Global-Warming Myth, Cato Institute, accessed 12.10.10
- ↑ Patrick J Michaels, Global-Warming Myth, Cato Institute, accessed 12.10.10
- ↑ Patrick J Michaels, Global-Warming Myth, Cato Institute, accessed 12.10.10
- ↑ Patrick J Michaels, Global-Warming Myth, Cato Institute, accessed 12.10.10
