{"id":1793,"date":"2009-09-10T18:28:57","date_gmt":"2009-09-11T01:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=1793"},"modified":"2009-09-10T18:28:57","modified_gmt":"2009-09-11T01:28:57","slug":"popular-meteorologists-express-doubts-about-global-warming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/climate-change\/popular-meteorologists-express-doubts-about-global-warming\/","title":{"rendered":"Popular meteorologists express doubts about global warming"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1795\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1795\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1795\" title=\"Global warming or global cooling?\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/global_warming_or_global_cooling1.jpg\" alt=\"Global warming or global cooling?  There doesn't seem to be a consensus anymore.\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/global_warming_or_global_cooling1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/global_warming_or_global_cooling1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1795\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Global warming or global cooling? There doesn&#39;t seem to be a consensus anymore.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While the United States debates whether or not to push <a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/x-219-Denver-Weather-Examiner~y2009m5d21-Capandtrade-legislation-to-include-Global-Warming-Gestapo\">climate change legislation<\/a> this year, the debate on the climate and man\u2019s effect on it continues in the public forum. In recent days two high profile meteorologists have come forth and added their voices to the growing movement of those who reject the \u2018consensus\u2019 of the manmade climate change theory.<\/p>\n<p>Many who <a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/x-219-Denver-Weather-Examiner~y2009m4d27-Climate-change-battle-on-Capitol-Hill-highlights-politics-and-hypocrisy\">advocate the manmade climate change theory like Al Gore<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/x-219-Denver-Weather-Examiner~y2009m3d17-NASA-scientist-to-lead-British-climate-change-protest\">James Hansen<\/a> have said that the \u2018science is settled\u2019 and there is no debate to be made on the issue. Despite this, more and more evidence is being released calling into question the very basis of the arguments climate change alarmists make.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/voices.washingtonpost.com\/capitalweathergang\/\">Capital Weather Gang<\/a> section of the Washington Post is a must read for many weather enthusiasts. Today, meteorologist and Capital Weather Gang writer Matt Rogers <a href=\"http:\/\/voices.washingtonpost.com\/capitalweathergang\/2009\/09\/a_skeptical_perspective_on_glo.html\">outlined his case<\/a> for questioning the \u2018consensus\u2019 of manmade global warming in a \u2018top 10\u2019 list.<\/p>\n<p>AccuWeather.com is one of the most popular weather websites on the Internet and a major provider of weather related news and information to media of all types. Joe Bastardi is an Expert Senior Forecaster at AccuWeather and is considered one of the premier meteorologists in the country. Bastardi recently said that those that advocate the manmade climate change theory have a \u201chouse of cards that goes up in smoke.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/x-219-Denver-Weather-Examiner~y2009m9d10-Meteorologists-continue-to-challenge-global-warming-theory\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1735\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"There's more to this story on the Denver Weather Examiner's site!\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/examiner-more.jpg\" alt=\"There's more to this story on the Denver Weather Examiner's site!\" width=\"250\" height=\"60\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/examiner-more.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/examiner-more-150x36.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><strong>For all the details on what these two esteemed meteorologists had to say, read the full storm on Examiner.com.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the United States debates whether or not to push climate change legislation this year, the debate on the climate and man\u2019s effect on it continues in the public forum. In recent days two high profile meteorologists have come forth and added their voices to the growing movement of those who reject the \u2018consensus\u2019 of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/climate-change\/popular-meteorologists-express-doubts-about-global-warming\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Popular meteorologists express doubts about global warming<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[138,736,131,227],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1793"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1793"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1796,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1793\/revisions\/1796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}