Beam me to Planet Gore !
Posted on 05/20/2008 6:51:27 AM PDT by MplsSteve
Longtime WCCO-TV meteorologist Mike Fairbourne says that the environmental movement is practicing "squishy science" when it ties human activity to global warming.
Fairbourne's assessment Monday came on the same day that the Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine appeared before the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., and announced that it has the signatures of more than 31,000 scientists -- including Fairbourne's -- who agree that the human impact on global warming is overblown.
Fairbourne, who jointed WCCO in 1977 and has been a meteorologist for 40 years, said that while there is no doubt that "there has been some warming" of global temperatures in recent years ... there is still a pretty big question mark" about how much of that warming is from human activity.
"Do we need to be wise stewards [of the Earth]? Absolutely," Fairbourne said. "Do we have to pin everything that happens on global warming? No, we need to have cooler heads."
(Excerpt) Read more at startribune.com ...
Their former meteorlogist (Paul Douglas) was a high priest of the Global Warming movement with his Global Warming 101 bits he threw in during the weather. The lead anchor, Don Shelby (aka DFL Don), is a firm believer in the idea of man-made global warming too.
Geez, Mike Fairbourne is not gonna be too welcome at WCCO's Christmas party later this year!
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Let’s get Eric Eskola to weigh in.
Wow. Whoda thunk it?
Thank you!!!!!!!
Now...who's gonna tell Al?
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Sorry, consensus trumps science. Every time.......
Fairbourne in not intimidated by the PC crowd. He’s prety outspoken concerning his pro-life views and his disdain for the rabid pro-choicers too.
Dave Dahl at KSTP thinks it’s a crock of sh!t too. He said so on Soucheray’s show.
This is not the WCCO we have come to loath. WOW!!!!!
Don cannot be too happy about this.
I turned on channel 4 briefly last nite. What a joke that news has become. It’s like turning on Captain Kangaroo. Don’s the captain and we’re the ‘kiddies’.
What do you expect from a Communist Broadcasting Station affiliate?
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