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Climate change skeptic takes reins of Brazil's science ministry
2015-01-10 00:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Science: The appointment of a reputed climate change denier as the head of Brazils science ministry has some scientists worried about the countrys environmental future. Others are withholding judgment, at least until the new minister, Aldo Rebelo, appoints the team of scientists and policymakers who will work with him for the next 4 years. Rebelo, a hard-line communist, labeled climate change an environmental scam in a 2010 open letter to environmentalist Marcio Santilli, according to Bloomberg View....
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Climatologists Balk as Brazil Picks Skeptic for Key Post
2015-01-07 02:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Calling Aldo Rebelo a climate-change skeptic would be putting it mildly. In his days as a fiery legislator in the Communist Party of Brazil, he railed against those who say human activity is warming the globe and called the international environmental movement nothing less, in its geopolitical essence, than the bridgehead of imperialism. Though many Brazilians have grown used to such pronouncements from Mr. Rebelo, 58, his appointment this month as minister of science by President Dilma Rousseff...
Bill Nye: Stop calling Sen Inhofe climate change 'skeptic'
2014-12-12 18:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: There are a lot of words one could use to describe Sen. James Inhofes position on climate change, but some scientists and science communicators are most concerned with two of them: skeptic and denier. In a statement released this week, several dozen people from the science world asked the media to stop calling Inhofe (R-Okla.) and others who do not believe in the scientific evidence supporting climate change skeptics. Instead, the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry argued, it would be more...
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BEIJING: China's big believer in real estate now a skeptic due to sluggish sales
2014-10-07 07:21:03| Real Estate - Topix.net
When the economy slows, housing sector slackens too, tycoon says Real estate tycoon Ren Zhiqiang never seems to be afraid to air his views, often in strong terms, and when he airs them, a lot of people sit up and take notice. But one of Ren's recent prognostications has drawn more interest than usual because he seems to have had a complete change of heart on where the Chinese property market is heading.
Ahead of IPCC Climate Report, Skeptic Groups Launch Global Anti-Science Campaign
2013-09-18 16:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: Conservative groups at the forefront of global warming skepticism are doubling down on trying to discredit the next big report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). In recent weeks, they've been cranking out a stream of op-eds, blogs and reports to sow doubt in the public's mind before the report is published, with no end in sight. "The goal is to inform the public, scientific community and media that the upcoming IPCC report doesn't have all the science to make informed judgments,"...
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