March 10, 2009 by Walter Schneider.

Radio Free Europe

“Human contribution is small, probably not zero, and it’s small compared to these other factors which we cannot change,” such as the sun and ocean currents, said one conference participant.

March 10, 2009
By Nikola Krastev

NEW YORK — These are tough times to be a skeptic about global warming.

Two years ago, an international United Nations panel concluded with near certainty that human activity plays a role in the planet’s rising temperatures. And now, the new U.S. administration has vowed to spearhead international efforts to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.

But more than 600 people gathered in New York City this week at the International Conference on Climate Change say they are up to the challenge.

Joseph Bast, president of the Heartland Institute, which organized the conference, argues that the extent and causes of global warming are far from proven. The goal of the gathering, he tells RFE/RL, is to provide a forum to challenge people like former U.S. Vice President Al Gore with a healthy dose of skepticism.

“We think we have a great story to tell that more and more prominent scientists are coming out saying global warming is not a crisis, that the question of what causes it and how extensive it’s going to be are wide open in the scientific community,” Bast said….(Full Story)

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March 10, 2009 by Walter Schneider.

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Bucking the media trend on global warming ‘crisis’
Pete Chagnon - OneNewsNow - 3/9/2009 8:15:00

GW conference 2009 smallNEW YORK CITY - Speakers at a conference on climate change are making the case that the alarmism behind the global-warming bandwagon is politically motivated, has nothing to do with science, and could affect the sovereignty of the U.S.

The second annual International Conference on Climate Change hosted by The Heartland Institute is well under way in New York City. More than 700 registrants have gathered in the Big Apple to hear more than 70 scientists — representing the views of tens of thousands of their colleagues — make the argument that media and environmental advocacy groups have it all wrong, that global warming is not a crisis….(Full Story)

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March 10, 2009 by Walter Schneider.

By Tom DeWeese
March 10, 2009
NewsWithViews.com

No doubt you’ve seen the ads. The music is dramatic. The scene is tragic. The message emotional. Polar Bears, holding on for dear life to bits of ice, their arctic habitat destroyed by Global Warming. And the narration tells you of the tragic fate of the bears, all because of man and his selfish destruction of the earth. And of course, the ad ends with a plea for funds to help the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) protect the bears and stop Global Warming. Cute, fuzzy animals always do the trick….(Full Story)

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