By Noel Sheppard | March 4, 2008 - 11:22 ET

By now most people are aware that the founder of The Weather Channel,
John Coleman, said global warming is "the greatest scam in history" last
November.

On Monday, while speaking at the 2008 International Conference on
Climate Change being held in New York City, Coleman took his criticisms
further by advocating that all those involved in the sale and marketing
of carbon credits, including Al Gore, should be sued "to finally put
some light on the fraud of global warming.”

As reported over at the Business & Media Institute by my colleague Jeff
Poor (emphasis added throughout, h/t to many):

Coleman also told the audience his strategy for exposing what he called
“the fraud of global warming.” He advocated suing those who sell carbon
credits, which would force global warming alarmists to give a more
honest account of the policies they propose.

“[I] have a feeling this is the opening,” Coleman said. “If the lawyers
will take the case – sue the people who sell carbon credits. That
includes Al Gore. That lawsuit would get so much publicity, so much
media attention. And as the experts went to the [witness] stand to
testify, I feel like that could become the vehicle to finally put some
light on the fraud of global warming.”

How delicious. Of course, for those that are interested, Nobel Laureate
Gore was invited to speak at this conference -- was even offered his
normal fee to attend! -- but refused. As reported Monday by Anthony
Watts, one of the conference speakers (emphasis added):

I was surprised to learn that Al Gore had been offered an opportunity to
address this conference, and his usual $200,000 speaking fee and
expenses were met, but that he declined.

I also know that invitations went out to NASA GISS principal scientists
Dr. James Hansen, and Dr. Gavin Schmidt weeks ago as evidenced by their
writeup of the issue on their blog, RealClimate.org a week or so ago.

They have declined the formal invitation sent, even though it would be
easy for them to attend, given that NASA GISS is located just a few
blocks away at Columbia University.

Since recent polls indicate that about 50%% of Americans remain
unconvinced that global warming is a serious issue, it would seem this
would be a perfect place for Mr. Gore, Dr. James Hansen, and Dr. Gavin
Schmidt to bridge the crevasse.

Exactly, Anthony. Sadly, these folks don't want to speak to the half of
the nation not buying into their junk science, for it is so easily
exposed as such, and that would bring an end to the fraud.

Of course, one has to wonder how all those that do believe in this myth
feel about the fact that the leaders of their cause not only refuse to
debate the issue, but won't even attend a conference dealing with it.

Regardless, Coleman on Monday also pointed his finger at The Weather
Channel:

"The Weather Channel had great promise, and that’s all gone now because
they’ve made every mistake in the book on what they’ve done and how
they’ve done it and it’s very sad,” Coleman said. “It’s now for sale and
there’s a new owner of The Weather Channel will be announced – several
billion dollars having changed hands in the near future. Let’s hope the
new owners can recapture the vision and stop reporting the traffic,
telling us what to think and start giving us useful weather information.”

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2008/03/04/weather-channel-founder-sue...

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