Sen. Inhofe Lists Creationists as Prominent Scientists in Global Warming Report

A Southern Baptist creationist without a college degree is listed as one of the 700 prominent scientists who object to the statement that the scientific community has reached a consensus about man-made global warming.

 

Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) issued a report that said [1], “Over 700 dissenting scientists … from around the globe challenged man-made global warming claims made by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and former Vice President Al Gore.”

 

Calling it a “groundbreaking report,” the document said, “The over 700 dissenting scientists are more than 13 times the number of UN scientists (52) who authored the media-hyped IPCC 2007 Summary for Policymakers.”

 

“This Senate report is not a ‘list’ of scientists, but a report that includes full biographies of each scientist and their quotes, papers and links for further reading,” said the document, dated March 2009. “The distinguished scientists featured in this new report are experts in diverse fields.”

 

One of the listed prominent scientists is Chris Allen [2], who holds no college degree, believes in creationism and belongs to a Southern Baptist church.

 

Allen is a weatherman at the FOX-affiliated TV station in Bowling Green, Ky.

 

On pages 227-228 of the report, Inhofe identified Allen as a meteorologist and quoted from his “scientific writing”—a blog—about global warming.

 

“[J]ust because major environmental groups, big media and some politicians are buying this hook, line and sinker doesn't mean as a TV weatherperson I am supposed to act as a puppy on a leash and follow along," wrote Allen. "All of this (global warming alarmism) is designed to get your money and then guilt you in to how you live your life."

 

Inhofe doesn’t quote other segments from Allen’s blog, however.

 

“My biggest argument against putting the primary blame on humans for climate change is that it completely takes God out of the picture,” he wrote [3] on Feb. 7, 2007.