PRESS RELEASES 2/12/2013 3:00:00 PM | Marketwire News

Reject Carbon Taxes and Climate Science Disinformation on Global Warming Friends of Science Urge Alberta Premier

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Feb. 12, 2013) - As Alberta faces a growing debt reporters are hinting about larger carbon taxes or a sales tax. The Calgary based climate science review group Friends of Science are calling on Premier Redford to reject carbon taxes and to stand up for science. "The UN Climate Panel - IPCC(i) in recent leaked drafts confirms its catastrophic predictions were wrong. Alberta has based climate change policies on the IPCC forecasts," says Len Maier, P. Eng. and President of the Friends of Science. "The UK Met Weather Office revealed last October there had been no warming in 16 years despite a rise in carbon dioxide (CO2)."(i)IPCC-Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Ken Gregory, P. Eng. and a director of Friends of Science says, "Albertans should not be held hostage to faulty science or cult thinking. Declining upper atmosphere water vapour, the most important greenhouse gas, counteracts the effect of CO2. The sun is the main driver of climate change. Not CO2." Friends of Science reject the Pembina Institute's on-line anti-Keystone rhetoric which proposes extreme carbon taxes on oil sands. "Industry carbon taxes will automatically trickle down to all taxpayers," says Maier. "Reject carbon taxes. Save the planet from faulty science; save our economy and jobs." About the Friends of Science A group of mostly retired earth and atmospheric scientists, professional engineers and geologists, Friends of Science has been reviewing peer-reviewed science on climate change for over a decade and their conclusion is that the sun is the main driver of climate change cycles, not you or CO2. http://on.fb.me/xrOPC6 Like us on facebook! Lots of people do! Contact: Friends of Science P.O.Box 23167, Connaught P.O. Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2S 3B1 Toll-free Telephone: 1-888-789-9597 www.friendsofscience.org contact@friendsofscience.org or media@friendsofscience.org

Multimedia Center

2012 Canadian Waste & Recycling Expo video 2012 Canadian Waste & Recycling Expo
Sites & Spills 2012 Video video Sites & Spills 2012 Video
More Videos

Current IssueMagazine

Digital Edition
This award-winning quarterly magazine provides you with in-depth analysis of current issues related to environmental performance,emergency response, safety and waste management.

Go To: Digital Edition
Go To: Print Archives
Go To: Subscribe

thumb Remedying Risk Assessment
The terms “remediation” and “dig-and-dump” are, for some, mutually exclusive. Just what are we “remedying” by excavating and dumping soil in a landfill?
By Theresa Phillips

thumb HazWastes lead new EPR regimes
Cradle-to-cradle manufacturing is the Holy Grail for advocates of sustainable manufacturing and packaging, and so-called extended producer responsibility (EPR) is the way to get there, according to them.
By Guy Crittenden

Go To More News From This Issue
Classifieds
Go To More Classified Ads
Most Read Most Commented Most Recommended
Sponsors