cnsnews.com — (CNSNews.com) ? New scientific evidence suggests there is a stronger link between solar activity and climate trends on Earth than there is with greenhouse gases, Fred Singer, an atmospheric and space physicist, told CNSNews.com.
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The "report" is not new, it is from MarchThe author, Fred Singer is an oil industry spokesperson <a class="user" href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Fred_Singer">http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Fred_Si ...</a> he does not source his claim of 31% of climatologists being skeptics ( and given Denier math <a class="user" href="http://digg.com/environment/Four_hundred_skeptics_Try_19">http://digg.com/environment/Four_hundred_skeptics_ ...</a> the real number is most likely 1/20th of that), he cites the totally discredited Oregon Petition <a class="user" href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Oregon_Institute_of_Science_and_Medicine#Case_Study:_The_Oregon_Petition">http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Oregon_ ...</a> his Non-governmental International Panel on Climate Change consists largely of industry affiliated 'consultants' <a class="user" href="http://the-mound-of-sound.blogspot.com/2008/03/debunking-global-warming.html">http://the-mound-of-sound.blogspot.com/2008/03/deb ...</a> and so on ... he is an oil industry press release without the benefit of nice graphics or good writing.The publisher, The Heartland Institute <a class="user" href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Heartland_Institute">http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Heartla ...</a>What if you held a conference, and no (real) scientists came? <a class="user" href="http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2008/01/what-if-you-held-a-conference-and-no-real-scientists-came/">http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2008 ...</a>Exposed: Fake List of 500 global warming skeptics scientist <a class="user" href="http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/1618/73/">http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/1618/73/</a> Heartland Institute Spreads FUD & Lies About Global Warming <a class="user" href="http://envirowonk.com/content/view/183/1/">http://envirowonk.com/content/view/183/1/</a>Heartland Institute deniers denied by 'U' profs <a class="user" href="http://www.minnesotamonitor.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=3948">http://www.minnesotamonitor.com/showDiary.do?diary ...</a>Four hundred skeptics? Try 19 <a class="user" href="http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/3/5/214956/5753">http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/3/5/214956/5 ...</a>Top Scientists Demand Names Removed From Climate List <a class="user" href="http://www.desmogblog.com/500-scientists-with-documented-doubts-about-the-heartland-institute">http://www.desmogblog.com/500-scientists-with-docu ...</a>The Facts: Myth that sunspots and solar cycles driving climate change repeatedly debunked by scientists<a class="user" href="http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2007/05/fun-with-correlations/">http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2007 ...</a><a class="user" href="http://www.desmogblog.com/global-warming-deniers-favorite-sunspot-theory-refuted-again">http://www.desmogblog.com/global-warming-deniers-f ...</a><a class="user" href="http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2006/10/how-not-to-attribute-climate-change/">http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2006 ...</a><a class="user" href="http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2006/09/the-trouble-with-sunspots/">http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2006 ...</a><a class="user" href="http://www.malaya.com.ph/jul13/envi1.htm">http://www.malaya.com.ph/jul13/envi1.htm</a>'No Sun link' to climate change <a class="user" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7327393.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7327393. ...</a>Sun Could Cause 15% To 20% Of Effects Of Climate Change, <a class="user" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080717224333.htm">http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/08071 ...</a>