Report from U.S. Senate debunks Climate Change 'Consensus'

Report: More than 400 prominent scientists in more than two dozen countries significantly objected to the 'consensus' on man-made global warming.

While Al Gore is in Bali, deriding America as standing in the way of he and his climate cronies' attempts to sign everyone up for new restrictions aimed at curbing man-made global warming, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee has released a report that challenges whether or not there is consensus about global warming.

This new report details how teams of international scientists are dissenting from the UN IPCC’s view of climate science. In such nations as Germany, Brazil, the Netherlands, Russia, New Zealand and France, nations, scientists banded together in 2007 to oppose climate alarmism. In addition, over 100 prominent international scientists sent an open letter in December 2007 to the UN stating attempts to control climate were “futile.”

Now, I'm sure you're wondering just what expertise these people might have, right? After all, the U.N. has recently released the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report and the scientists that participated in that panel and Al Gore were recently awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their work on that, right?

Turns out, most of these scientists -- like Ross McKitrick in yesterday's Global Warming article -- were part of the IPCC panel.

The distinguished scientists featured in this new report are experts in diverse fields, including: climatology; oceanography; geology; biology; glaciology; biogeography; meteorology; oceanography; economics; chemistry; mathematics; environmental sciences; engineering; physics and paleoclimatology. Some of those profiled have won Nobel Prizes for their outstanding contribution to their field of expertise and many shared a portion of the UN IPCC Nobel Peace Prize with Vice President Gore.

Additionally, these scientists hail from prestigious institutions worldwide, including: Harvard University; NASA; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR); Massachusetts Institute of Technology; the UN IPCC; the Danish National Space Center; U.S. Department of Energy; Princeton University; the Environmental Protection Agency; University of Pennsylvania; Hebrew University of Jerusalem; the International Arctic Research Centre; the Pasteur Institute in Paris; the Belgian Weather Institute; Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute; the University of Helsinki; the National Academy of Sciences of the U.S., France, and Russia; the University of Pretoria; University of Notre Dame; Stockholm University; University of Melbourne; University of Columbia; the World Federation of Scientists; and the University of London.

Seems that Al Gore's contention that the debate was settled that those who are skeptical are the same sort that still believe the earth is flat and think that the moon landing was a hoax is a bit off. It would also appear that U.N. I.P.C.C. chair Rajendra Pachauri's assertion that there were only 'about half a dozen' skeptical scientists left undershot the actual number by several orders of magnitude.

I find it ironic that Gore often uses the 'flat earth' comparison. In those days, the Catholic Church had a tendency to ridicule scientists that questioned their dogma that Earth wasn't flat, and wasn't the center of the solar system. Folks like Galileo -- a man now considered 'the father of modern physics' -- found themselves locked in towers. You simply weren't allowed to question the church's dogma.

Nowadays, anyone who dares question Gore's dogma receives similar treatment. Funny how things change.