Posted on 07/07/2015 1:42:23 PM PDT by xzins
A Nobel Prize-winning scientist who supported President Barack Obama has said that he does not believe global warming is a problem, and has openly criticized the president for his position on the issue.
"I would say that basically global warming is a non-problem," Dr. Ivar Giaever announced during a speech at the 65th Nobel Laureate Conference in Lindau, Germany, last week, according to Climate Depot.
Quoting Obama's warning that "no challenge poses a greater threat to future generations than climate change," Giaever said it was a "ridiculous statement."
"I say this to Obama: Excuse me, Mr. President, but you're wrong. Dead wrong," he said,
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Where’s the list to all participants and their degrees and past signings?
Even shirking any direct opinion on the actually perceived “risks,” as proclaimed by the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report, the assembled Laureates did not sign this declaration in unison. In fact, nearly half of them did not. The percentages of those signing onto it versus not signing were almost even between the fields of chemistry, physics, and physiology or medicine.
Accepted Science .,.period
http://canadafreepress.com/print-friendly/73468
Also, it is reported that Steven Chu, former Obama Secretary of Energy, was a main author of the declaration and the effort acquiring signatures.
From Wiki: “In August 2011 Chu praised an advisory panel report on curbing the environmental risks of natural-gas development. Chu responded to the panel’s report on hydraulic fracturing, the controversial drilling method that is enabling a U.S. gas boom while bringing fears of groundwater contamination.”
Signatories (36)
“Peter Agre
Michael Bishop
Elizabeth Blackburn
Martin Chalfie
Claude Cohen-Tannoudji
Steven Chu
James Cronin
Peter Doherty
Gerhard Ertl
Edmond Fischer
Walter Gilbert
Roy Glauber
David Gross
John Hall
Stefan Hell
Serge Haroche
Jules Hoffmann
Klaus von Klitzing
Harold Kroto
William Moerner
Ferid Murad
Ei-Ichi Negishi
Saul Perlmutter
William Phillips
Richard Roberts
Kailash Satyarthi
Brian Schmidt
Hamilton Smith
George Smoot
Jack Szostak
Roger Tsien
Harold Varmus
Robin Warren
Arieh Warshel
Robert Wilson
Torsten Wiesel”
Oh okay, didn’t read far enough I guess.
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