To be a climate change sceptic in Paris this week means facing heavy odds.
Arrayed against them are thousands of environmentalists, scientists and even big business leaders, who have come to U.N.-sponsored climate talks to pledge their commitment to cutting the manmade emissions that an overwhelming majority of scientists say are warming the planet.
Unlike at past U.N. summits where their presence was a fixture, the mostly American sceptics have this time been forced to hold court at a downtown Paris hotel, dogged by climate change activists handing out "Wanted" flyers accusing them of responsibility "for destruction of our future”.
“This is the only group essentially that has had to make their own space and their own time to get heard,” said Jim Lakey, communications director of the Chicago-based Heartland Institute, which promotes scepticism about manmade climate change. Full story...
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Arrayed against them are thousands of environmentalists, scientists and even big business leaders, who have come to U.N.-sponsored climate talks to pledge their commitment to cutting the manmade emissions that an overwhelming majority of scientists say are warming the planet.
Unlike at past U.N. summits where their presence was a fixture, the mostly American sceptics have this time been forced to hold court at a downtown Paris hotel, dogged by climate change activists handing out "Wanted" flyers accusing them of responsibility "for destruction of our future”.
“This is the only group essentially that has had to make their own space and their own time to get heard,” said Jim Lakey, communications director of the Chicago-based Heartland Institute, which promotes scepticism about manmade climate change. Full story...
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