Reformedville

      In January 2007, Spann received national attention when he wrote a post on his blog challenging a post by The Weather Channel climate expert Dr. Heidi Cullen. Cullen had argued that meteorologists should have the American Meteorological Society (AMS) credentials taken away if they doubt the validity of manmade climate change.

      “If a meteorologist can’t speak to the fundamental science of climate change, then maybe the AMS shouldn’t give them a Seal of Approval,” Cullen wrote for Weather.com on Dec. 21, 2006.

      Spann fired back on Jan. 18, 2007: “Well, well,” Spann wrote. “Some ‘climate expert’ on ‘The Weather Channel’ wants to take away AMS certification from those of us who believe the recent “global warming” is a natural process. So much for ‘tolerance’, huh?”

     Spann claimed at the time he didn’t know any broadcast meteorologists who were sold on the theory touted by global warming alarmists. Since then, he has managed to find one.

      “Again, one of my statements in that original article – I did not at the time know of a single broadcast meteorologist that was on the global warming bandwagon,” Spann said in his interview. “Now since then – and it’s been a year and a half, I found one, one guy and I know hundreds. I’ve been doing this for 30 years and I know meteorologists on television in some of the most liberal markets in this country that agree with me and I did find one – and that’s fine. And I certainly respect his opinion.”

     Spann’s comments about broadcast meteorologists come two weeks prior to the AMS 36th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology, set for June 25-29 in Denver. At the conference, two separate surveys of broadcast meteorologists’ opinions on climate change are set to be unveiled – one by the National Environmental Education Foundation and one by Sean Sublette, a meteorologist for WSET, the ABC affiliate in Lynchburg, Va.

     Spann explained it wasn’t his belief that carbon dioxide was a pollutant, but he told Perkins to understand the motivation of those who say it is – they should follow the grant money.

     “Of course, the root of this whole thing is money,” Spann said. “And, there is a vast amount of wealth being generated by this whole issue. And I always recommend to folks – if anyone speaks on the subject, get a disclosure and find out their financial interests in it.”

     The same claims are often made by climate change alarmists – global warming skeptics are in it for the money from big energy corporations. Spann told Perkins he has never accepted any money for speaking out about global warming alarmism, but he had reservations about money’s effects on government policy pertaining to climate change.

     “When I speak on this topic, I’ve never accepted one dime,” Spann said. “It doesn’t matter to me one way or the other – if warming that we’ve seen in recent years is natural or not. But, there’s a vast amount of grant money going to very, very powerful people and I think that maybe that flows into some of the lobbying efforts and it goes and winds up in Washington.”

      He pointed to former Vice President Al Gore as an example of how money behind climate change and global warming alarmism can perpetuate a theory that shouldn’t warrant as much merit otherwise.

     “I’m not a politician, don’t understand it – I honestly don’t know,” Spann said. “But, I will tell you that there’s a lot of people who have gotten very, very wealthy – filthy rich off this subject. I think former Vice President [Al Gore] collects a minimum of $200,000 per speech on this and all of this money – it can corrupt anybody, and I just think it’s all about money.”

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Now consider both candidates for president support the global warming craze to different degrees.  Is money fueling their support of global warming?  Al Gore just did the love fest endorsement of Barack Obama.  Obama says he’ll count on Gore to help him lead the fight for a better environment. video link

Update:  Energy Guzzled by Al Gore’s Home in Past Year Could Power 232 U.S. Homes for a Month
Gore’s personal electricity consumption up 10%, despite “energy-efficient” home renovations   -TTennessee Center for Policy Research-link

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Not so fast…Mc Cain is on the Human Induced GW bandwagon too!

 ”John McCain stood up to the President and sounded the alarm on global warming five years ago. Today, he has a realistic plan that will curb greenhouse gas emissions.”  video link

Anyone surprised that money is driving two United States Senators?

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Let me qualify before I get the pseudo-arguments; if the issue is energy independence, or being cognizant of pollution , I think everyone is one board, but the alarmism of Al Gore and Ted Turner and company is finally being exposed for what it is.

The fact the media has embraced this without deep questioning places the global warming alarmism in a position to cripple the american economy.  Just look what has happened with biofuels driving the price of corn and food up, while being less fuel efficient. Time to say enough is enough.

The National Center for Policy Analysis has produced a very simple to understand Global Warming Primer. [Link]. The primer is based on a review of currently available scientific data. It is simple to understand (using graphs and charts) I found pages 5-8 interesting

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“There’s an elephant in global warming’s living room that few in the mainstream media want to talk about: the creators of the carbon credit scheme are the ones cashing in on it.

The two cherub like choirboys singing loudest in the Holier Than Thou Global Warming Cathedral are Maurice Strong and Al Gore.

This duo has done more than anyone else to advance the alarmism of man-made global warming.” 

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Sources- Hat Tips

 Jeff Poor  Business & Media Institute  “Meteorologist Says Money Behind Warming Alarmism ‘Can Corrupt Anybody’ “

Breitbart.tv

Judi Mc Leod , Canadian Free Press 

Bill Dawson   The Yale Forum on Climate Change and the Media  Why Are So Many TV Meteorologists and Weathercasters Climate ‘Skeptics’?

A Special Report from BMI: Global Warming Censored

BMI’s Special Report “Fire & Ice: Journalists have warned of climate change for 100 years, but can’t decide weather we face an ice or warming”

Climate of Bias: BMI’s page devoted entirely to global warming and climate change in the media.