Leading global warming alarmist retracts predictions, CO2 not causing rising temps, Al Gore and Tim Flannery also wrong, climate not that bad

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Lovelock says CO2 is up but temps remain the same. Lauded by Time Magazine in 2007, now retracts earlier predictions such as Florida sinking by 2040. Entire climate industry pivots on now disproved notion that CO2 causes rising temperatures.

4/23/12, "'I made a mistake': Gaia theory scientist James Lovelock admits he was 'alarmist' about the impact of climate change," UK Daily Mail, L. Warren

"Environmental scientist James Lovelock, renowned for his terrifying predictions of climate change's deadly impact on the planet, has gone back on his previous claims, admitting they were 'alarmist'.

The 92-year-old Briton, who also developed the Gaia theory of the Earth as a single organism, has said climate change is still happening - just not as quickly as he once warned.

He added that other environmental commentators, such as former vice president Al Gore, are also guilty of exaggerating their arguments.

The admission comes as a devastating blow to proponents of climate change who regard Lovelock as a powerful figurehead.

Five years ago, he had claimed: 'Before this century is over billions of us will die and the few breeding pairs of people that survive will be in the Arctic where the climate remains tolerable.'

But in an interview with msnbc.com, he admitted: 'I made a mistake.'

He said: 'The problem is we don’t know what the climate is doing,' ... 'We thought we knew 20 years ago. That led to some alarmist books – mine included – because it looked clear cut, but it hasn’t happened....

'[The temperature] has stayed almost constant, whereas it should have been rising -

• carbon dioxide is rising, no question about that.'...

Lovelock said he is not the only one who got it wrong, suggesting other environmental commentators, such as Al Gore and Tim Flannery, also thought the impact would have been seen sooner....

In 2007, Time magazine named him as one 13 leaders and visionaries in an article on Heroes of the Environment.

In 1990, he became a CBE, presented to him by Queen Elizabeth II, and in 2003, she awarded him a Companion of Honour for his achievements in science.

Peter Stott, head of climate monitoring at the U.K.’s Met Office Hadley Centre, told msnbc.com he agreed Lovelock had been too alarmist....

"James Lovelock 'The Alarmist': Scientist's previous claims:

Civilization in its present form hasn't got long.

Before this century is over billions of us will die and the few breeding pairs of people that survive will be in the Arctic where the climate remains tolerable.

By 2040 every summer in Europe will be... between 110F and 120F. It is not the death of people that is the main problem, it is the fact that the plants can't grow. There will be almost no food grown in Europe.

By 2040, parts of the Sahara desert will have moved into middle Europe. We are talking about Paris. As far north as Berlin. In Britain we will escape because of our oceanic position. By 2040, China will be uninhabitable.

Florida will be gone altogether, the whole damned place, in not too long.

We have no option but to take our punishment and be glad that there will be enough of us to survive." via Climate Depot

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Among plaintiffs in the victorious 2007 Massachusetts v EPA Supreme Court 5-4 ruling was big energy company Entergy. At the time it was said Entergy's stock went to an all time high as soon as the CO2 decision came down. The link for this seems to be inactive now. I'll keep looking:

4/6/2007, "Editorial: Ruling on EPA favors Big Energy," Washington Examiner

"Wall Street understood this. On Monday, when the EPA decision came down, Entergy stock jumped to an all-time high of $107.52 per share."...

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Ed. note: The multi-trillion dollar fraud rests in its entirety on the now disproved belief that CO2 is a dangerous substance that causes global warming. All UN 'climate' conventions should be cancelled. Where will US taxpayers go to get back billions if not trillions of tax dollars stolen for fake 'global warming' related endeavors including millions funneled to academic institutions? The 5-4 US Supreme Court decision in 2007, Massachusetts v EPA, was the result of years of work by climate profiteers who reaped millions as the result of the decision. They sued the US government to force it to declare CO2 a harmful pollutant. With help from the media, an avalanche of propaganda existed at that time about CO2 which has since been found erroneous even before today's news. The case would be overturned today since the evidence is clear CO2 does not "trap heat."

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US Supreme Court Justice Breyer totally on board with it. "Raise the price of oil through the roof," Breyer said."

1/12/12, "Consumer head (Bryson) wants consumers to pay more for energy," Washington Examiner opinion, Murray and Bier

"This year, Americans spent almost 8.5 percent of their incomes on gas, about $4,155, the highest share since 1981."

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4/23/12, "Global warming guru admits he was wrong about climate change," John Hayward, Human Events,

"The end of an era."

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5/8/12, "Gaia creator rows back on climate," BBC, Roger Harrabin

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