A bombshell report from the German publication “ScienceBlogs” reveals that renowned geophysicist and former socialist party leader Dr Claude Allegre –- France’s most outspoken global warming skeptic — may be considered as the next French Environment Minister in President Nicolas Sarkozy’s administration.
If Dr Allegre, who has mocked former Vice President Al Gore’s Nobel Prize as “a political gimmick,” is chosen for the appointment, it would send political earthquakes through Europe and the rest of the world.
Allegre is a former believer in man-made global warming who reversed his views in recent years to become one of the most vocal dissenters of man-made global warming fears.
Germany’s “ScienceBlogs” reported that the consideration of Allegre “is probably linked to a general shift in French climate policy.” “ScienceBlogs” continued, “Some of my colleagues fear this may also have an influence on the part of the budget which deals with the funding of climate research.”
Dr Benny Peiser, the editor of the climate policy network CCNet, stressed that the possibility of Allegre becoming the French environmental minister is “no April’s fool joke.” (referring to date of “ScienceBlog’s report) Peiser noted that an April 16 article in Paris Match noted how Allegre has been making pro-Sarkozy statements.
“In recent days, the French media have been reporting that Claude Allegre may replace environment minister Jean Luis Borloo,” Peiser told Climate Depot. “Allègre is France’s most eminent climate skeptic. He has also been a CCNet subscriber for many years,” Peiser explained.
“The very fact that he is a serious contender for the post of environment minister in itself is a clear signal that climate politics in Europe are changing rapidly. It also mirrors similar changes in Poland, Italy and Germany where political opposition to self-destructive climate policies is rising sharply,” Peiser said.
Allegre, a former French Socialist Party leader and a member of both the French and U.S. Academies of Science, was one of the first scientists to sound global warming fears 20 years ago, but he now says the cause of climate change is “unknown.” Allegre has authored more than 100 scientific articles, written 11 books, and received numerous scientific awards including the Goldschmidt Medal from the Geochemical Society of the United States.
Marc Morano
Washington
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Notes
This is an edited version of a report by Marc Morano at his new website ClimateDepot.com
Read the full report here: http://climatedepot.com/a/278/Update-Report-French-Reversal-on-climate-policy-Outspoken-Skeptical-Scientist-Claude-Allegre-May-Be-Tapped-as-Environmental-Minister
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
“A bombshell report”
Spoken like a true swiftboater.
“Washington D.C.: A bombshell April 1, 2009 report from the German publication “ScienceBlogs” claimed that renowned geophysicist and former socialist party leader Dr. Claude Allegre – France’s most outspoken global warming skeptic — may be considered as the next French Environment Minister in President Nicolas Sarkozy’s administration. If Dr. Allegre, who has mocked former Vice President Al Gore’s Nobel Prize as “a political gimmick,” is chosen for the appointment, it would send political earthquakes through Europe and the rest of the world. [Editor’s Note: Though the “ScienceBlogs report is dated April 1, it appears it may not be a joke. ”
And it’s looking like he fell for an April Fools joke.
Indeed it was an April Fools day joke. Several “sceptics” fell for it.
Besides don’t think that Sarko wants ex-boyfriends to Carla in his cabinet!
An error in the above statement. Clara’s former boyfriend was French Prime Minister Fabius.
Here is a link to the web page where they say it is an april fool’s joke i.e. aprilscherz:
http://www.scienceblogs.de/primaklima/2009/04/ein-aprilscherz-wird-zum-welterfolg.php
The author of the joke says that he laughed so hard that tears came to his eyes.
He says that not only Pippi Longstreet makes up the world of her desires but also Marc and Benny.
He might have added also the AGW deniers who picked up on the story and gave it so much publicity.