Colorado Climate Scientist's Published Proof That Climate Change Isn’t Causing Extreme Weather Roused Politicians To Attack Him

Ross McKitrick reports that  a scientist proved Climate Change Isn’t Causing Extreme Weather — so politicians attacked and drove him from the field, and now, many scientists who have the facts and know the truth remain silent for fear of similar retaliation.

Ross McKitrick is is a professor of economics at the University of Guelph and senior fellow of the Fraser Institute who frequently writes about climate matters.

That scientist is Roger Pielke Jr., from the University of Colorado in Boulder "who, up until a few years ago, did world-leading research on climate change and extreme weather".

"He found convincing evidence that climate change was not leading to higher rates of weather-related damages worldwide, once you correct for increasing population and wealth. He also helped convene major academic panels to survey the evidence and communicate the near-unanimous scientific consensus on this topic to policymakers."

"For his efforts, Pielke was subjected to a vicious, well-funded smear campaign backed by, among others, the Obama White House and leading Democratic congressmen, culminating in his decision in 2015 to quit the field."

Furthermore the threat of similar harrassment and hounding has caused many other scientists who have the facts and know the truth, to remain silent.

Pielke, one year ago, spoke to an audience at the University of Minnesota where he outlined what he had done and attacks against him before describing the Hokenkammer Consensus Statement which he helped organize and which was issued by 32 scientists in 2006.  The Statement concluded 2 key things:  1 - that "trends toward rising climate damages were mainly due to increased population and economic activity in the path of storms" and 2 - "that it was not currently possible to determine the portion of damages attributable to greenhouse gases, and that they didn’t expect that situation to change in the near future."

Following this, in 2007,  the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) also largely agreed with the Hokenkammer Consensus conclusions.  Again, in 2012 the IPCC once again in its report confirmed its support for the Hokenkammer Consensus and said that that once you adjust for population growth and economic changes, there is no statistical connection between climate change and measures of weather-related damages."

Despite all this, just this week, Canada's primary climate alarmist buffoon justified his government's Carbon Tax  impositions on the need to control  Extreme weather events.  The lies just keep pouring out.

See Mr. McKitrick'a article at:  https://business.financialpost.com/opinion/ross-mckitrick-this-scientist-proved-climate-change-isnt-causing-extreme-weather-so-politicians-attacked