Scientists: Obama document is 'scare' tactic

Report cites imminent threats of 2-week winters, flooded roads Posted: June 18, 2009 9:44 pm Eastern © 2009 WorldNetDaily The forecast from a new report by the Obama administration on global warming warns North Carolina's beaches could be swallowed up by the sea, New England's long winters could last two weeks and Chicago? Watch out for deadly heat waves. But scientists who have evaluated the warnings and forecasts says it is a "scare" report that has little relation to reality. "This is not a work of science but an embarrassing episode for the authors and NOAA," said meteorologist Joe D'Aleo, the former chairman of the American Meteorological Society's Committee on Weather Analysis and Forecasting. The scientist, who publishes the IceCap.US report, said the report "starts out DAY ONE being wrong on many of its claims. … They gave the administration the cover to push the unwise cap-and-tax agenda." According to the Guardian, the original report was unveiled recently and cited "heavy downpours, rising sea levels, and blistering summer heat waves produced by man-made climate change." It warned of possible sudden death for humanity, because the "projected rapid rate and large amount of climate change over this century will challenge the ability of society and natural systems to adapt." The release of the report, "Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States," was orchestrated by a media consulting company and comes just as Congress is approaching a vote on plans for huge new taxes on energy. Jane Lubchenco of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration told a press conference at the release the report is a "game-changer." The report claims the average temperatures in the U.S. have risen by 1.5 degrees across five decades, and sea levels are up eight inches. That has disrupted salmon, shifted butterflies and raised asthma rates, the report said. And without immediate intervention, it said climate models suggest temperatures 11 degrees higher by the year 2099. The result? Declining wheat and corn crops, food poisoning and the spread of diseases. Also, 2,400 miles of roads in the Gulf Coast could be swamped and electric grid failures are possible because of the demand for air conditioning. The report was released by 30 NOAA scientists, environmental activists and media strategists, but according to a report on Climate Depot, amounts to scaremongering. [CONTINUE READING]

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