It's not 35,000 climate scientists, it's 30,000 "scientists," which are mostly a motley crew of physicists, geologists, medical doctors, some meteorologists. Between them, the number of peer-reviewed papers on climate change? You guessed it, zero.
Dr. Wil Burns, Editor-in-Chief Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy 2875 Shasta Road Berkeley, CA 94708 USA Ph: 650.281.9126 Fax: 510.473.3731 [email protected] Journal home page: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/13880292.asp SSRN site (selected publications): http://ssrn.com/author=240348 Skype ID: Wil.Burns Teaching Climate Law & Policy Blog: http://www.teachingclimatelaw.org -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ronnie Lipschutz Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 12:12 PM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [gep-ed] Gore Lawsuit Are there really 35,000 climate scientists? Are you sure you don't mean meteorologists? Dallas Blaney wrote: > Good morning, > > I just gave a presentation about global climate change in my introductory course and one of the students asked me to account for what he said is a lawsuit against Al Gore by 30,000 climate scientists and The Weather Channel. I had not heard of any such lawsuit and am having trouble finding legitimate information about it. Can someone point me to a legitimate source on this issue so I can give my student(s) solid answer? > > Thank you, > > Dallas Blaney > Colorado State University > -- Ronnie D. Lipschutz, Professor of Politics, 234 Crown College UC-Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 USA Phone: (831) 459-3275; Email: [email protected]; Web: http://people.ucsc.edu/~rlipsch All down history nine-tenths of mankind have been grinding corn for the remaining tenth and have been paid with husks and bidden to thank god they had the husks. ---David Lloyd George---
