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New York conference expected to draw
\nup to 1,000 scientists and experts
\nGlobal warming crisis “cancelled” by new scientific discoveries<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

The organizers of a March 2008 conference that brought together more than 500 scientists, economists, and other experts on global warming today unveiled plans to hold a second conference on March 8-10, 2009, once again in New York City.<\/p>\n

The 2009 International Conference on Climate Change will serve as a platform for scientists and policy analysts from around the world who question the theory of man-made climate change. This year’s theme, “Global Warming Crisis: Cancelled,” calls attention to new research findings that contradict the conclusions of the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report.<\/p>\n

Hosting the conference for the second consecutive year will be The Heartland Institute, a 24-year-old national nonpartisan think tank based in Chicago. “All of the event’s expenses are being covered by individual and foundation donors to Heartland,” said Dan Miller, executive vice president of the institute. “No corporate dollars earmarked for the event were solicited or accepted.”<\/p>\n

The 2008 conference featured presentations by more than 100 prominent scientists and economists from the U.S. and around the world, including Dr. Robert Balling (Arizona State University), Dr. Stanley Goldenberg (NOAA), Dr. William Gray (Colorado State University), Dr. Yuri Izrael (IPCC), Dr. Patrick Michaels (University of Virginia), Dr. Paul Reiter (Institut Pasteur, Paris), Dr. S. Fred Singer (Science and Environmental Policy Project), Dr. Willie Soon (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), and Dr. Roy Spencer (NASA).<\/p>\n

The 2008 event attracted extensive media attention in the U.S. and internationally, including news coverage by The Wall Street Journal<\/em>, New York Times<\/em>, Washington Post<\/em>, Associated Press, Reuters, National Geographic<\/em>, ABC, BBC, CBS, NBC, Fox News, and others.<\/p>\n

“Last March we proved that the skeptics in the debate over global warming constitute the center or mainstream of the scientific community, while the alarmists are on the fringe,” said Heartland President Joseph Bast. “In the past six months, the science has grown even more convincing that global warming is not a crisis. Opinion polls and political events, including the defeat of ‘cap-and-trade’ legislation in the U.S. Senate, also suggest this ‘crisis’ is over. It has been cancelled by sound science and common sense.”<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.heartland.org\/events\/NewYork09\/newyork09.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Manhattan Declaration on Climate Change<\/h2>\n

“Global warming” is not a global crisis<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

We, the scientists and researchers in climate and related fields, economists, policymakers, and business leaders, assembled at Times Square, New York City, participating in the 2008 International Conference on Climate Change,<\/p>\n

Resolving<\/em> that scientific questions should be evaluated solely by the scientific method;<\/p>\n

Affirming<\/em> that global climate has always changed and always will, independent of the actions of humans, and that carbon dioxide (CO2) is not a pollutant but rather a necessity for all life;<\/p>\n

Recognising<\/em> that the causes and extent of recently observed climatic change are the subject of intense debates in the climate science community and that oft-repeated assertions of a supposed ‘consensus’ among climate experts are false;<\/p>\n

Affirming<\/em> that attempts by governments to legislate costly regulations on industry and individual citizens to encourage CO2 emission reduction will slow development while having no appreciable impact on the future trajectory of global climate change. Such policies will markedly diminish future prosperity and so reduce the ability of societies to adapt to inevitable climate change, thereby increasing, not decreasing, human suffering;<\/p>\n

Noting<\/em> that warmer weather is generally less harmful to life on Earth than colder:<\/p>\n

Hereby declare:<\/strong><\/p>\n

That<\/em> current plans to restrict anthropogenic CO2 emissions are a dangerous misallocation of intellectual capital and resources that should be dedicated to solving humanity’s real and serious problems.<\/p>\n

That<\/strong><\/em> there is no convincing evidence that CO2 emissions from modern industrial activity has in the past, is now, or will in the future cause catastrophic climate change.<\/strong><\/p>\n

That<\/em> attempts by governments to inflict taxes and costly regulations on industry and individual citizens with the aim of reducing emissions of CO2 will pointlessly curtail the prosperity of the West and progress of developing nations without affecting climate.<\/p>\n

That<\/em> adaptation as needed is massively more cost-effective than any attempted mitigation and that a focus on such mitigation will divert the attention and resources of governments away from addressing the real problems of their peoples.<\/p>\n

That<\/em> human-caused climate change is not a global crisis.<\/p>\n

Now, therefore<\/strong>, we recommend —<\/p>\n

That<\/em> world leaders reject the views expressed by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change as well as popular, but misguided works such as “An Inconvenient Truth.”<\/p>\n

That<\/em> all taxes, regulations, and other interventions intended to reduce emissions of CO2 be abandoned forthwith.<\/p>\n

Agreed at New York, 4 March 2008<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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