An idea resonating in the conservative echo-chamber along with discussion of Obama's birth certificate.
Howard S. Schiffman, J.D., LL.M., Ph.D. Visiting Associate Professor of Environmental Conservation Education New York University Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development Department of Teaching and Learning 34 Stuyvesant Street, Suite 501 New York, NY 10003 [email protected] 1-212-992-9365 (phone) 1-212-995-3778 (fax) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Knox, John H." <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, April 7, 2011 3:21 pm Subject: RE: [gep-ed] Gore Lawsuit To: [email protected], [email protected] > Three years ago, in March 2008, at a meeting of the denialist > International Conference on Climate Change, John Coleman, the founder > of > the Weather Channel, said that Al Gore should be sued for fraud. (He > also blasted the current Weather Channel for believing in climate > change.) > > --"Is he committing financial fraud? That is the question," Coleman > said. "Since we can't get a debate, I thought perhaps if we had a legal > challenge and went into a court of law, where it was our scientists and > their scientists, and all the legal proceedings with the discovery and > all their documents from both sides and scientific testimony from both > sides, we could finally get a good solid debate on the issue," Coleman > said. "I'm confident that the advocates of 'no significant effect from > carbon dioxide' would win the case."-- > http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,337710,00.html > > He said that he would be joined by 30,000 scientists, apparently > referring to the signatories of the long-discredited "Oregon" petition, > the vast, vast majority of whom aren't climate scientists. > > Unsurprisingly, this story was taken seriously by Fox News, but not by > real news organizations. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfHW7KR33IQ > > > Also unsurprisingly, Coleman has never filed suit -- at least not that > I'm aware. > > Cheers, > John > > > John H. Knox > Professor of Law > Wake Forest University > 1834 Wake Forest Road > Winston-Salem, NC 27109 > (336) 758-7439 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Dallas Blaney > Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 2:57 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [gep-ed] Gore Lawsuit > > Good morning, > > I just gave a presentation about global climate change in my > introductory course and one of the students asked me to account for what > he said is a lawsuit against Al Gore by 30,000 climate scientists and > The Weather Channel. I had not heard of any such lawsuit and am having > trouble finding legitimate information about it. Can someone point me > to > a legitimate source on this issue so I can give my student(s) solid > answer? > > Thank you, > > Dallas Blaney > Colorado State University >
