Global Warming: What’s Credibility Got to Do with It?

Nicolas Loris /

If the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change credibility has been taking hit after hit as several flaws were recently revealed in its 2007 report – the same report our politicians use to justify urgent action on climate change. The IPCC’s statement of principles reads, “IPCC reports should be neutral with respect to policy, but its claims that the Himalayan glaciers would be melted by 2035 were admittedly based on political action. Dr Murari Lal, the lead author on the IPCC report’s chapter on Asia, said,

We thought that if we can highlight it, it will impact policy-makers and politicians and encourage them to take some concrete action.”

But the problems go way beyond the IPCC report. In a new documentary, “Global Warming: The Other Side,” Weather Channel founder John Coleman not only debunks some of the common myths of global warming but also exposes more of the deception behind the manipulation of weather data.

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