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Opposite Views on Global Warming Views on the Cause of Global Warming IPCC “It is very likely that anthropogenic greenhouse gas increases caused most of the observed increase in global average temperatures since the mid-20th century.” http://ipcc-wg1.ucar.edu/wg1/Report/AR4WG1_Print_TS.pdf page 60 NIPCC “We do not say anthropogenic greenhouse gases (GHG) cannot produce some warming or has not in the past. Our conclusion is that the evidence shows they are not playing a substantial role.” http://www.heartland.org/publications/NIPCC%20report/PDFs/NIPCC%20Final.pdf page iii http://www.nipccreport.org/ Views on the Effects of Global Warming IPCC global warming will “increase the number of people suffering from death, disease and injury from heatwaves, floods, storms, fires and droughts.” http://www.ipcc-wg2.org/ Chapter 8, page 393, Executive Summary NIPCC “A warmer world will be a safer and healthier world for humans and wildlife alike.” http://www.heartland.org/publications/NIPCC%20report/PDFs/NIPCC%20Final.pdf page iii http://www.nipccreport.org/ IPCC is United Nations-sponsored
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change NIPCC
Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change set up to examine the same climate data used by the United Nations-sponsored
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) The
NIPCC report referenced was published in June 2009, after the West Coast Section sanctioned meeting of Global Warming Act
April 2009 and is noted here in keeping with the mission of the Air and Waste Management Association
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