This article is classical “headline” news, with no substance to back it up.
Newspapers do it all the time. They ‘interpret’ the quotes in such a way as to create a sensational headline, which falls flat when compared with the actual quotes, etc.
I worked at several newspapers and we did it (the editors, that is) all the time.
Folow the Money.
Somewhere along the line this clown plans on making money off Global warming.