IPCC Nobelists Reveal "Vindictive" Canadian Government Cuts In Climate Study Funding

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Nobel Prize-winning scientists from Canada say the Harper government has shut down a federal climate change research network and blocked new studies on the impact of rising greenhouse-gas emissions.

The scientists, among a few dozen Canadians on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that won the Nobel Peace Prize for its report on global warming, say the atmosphere is changing faster than anticipated. But without adequate research, Harper and other world leaders won't know what policies or targets to adopt.

"I can only put it down as one of two things," said Andrew Weaver, a climatologist at the University of Victoria. "It's vindictive, because the climate science community has been quite outspoken about the need for dealing with global warming, or stupidity, and not really knowing what's going on out there, because they don't consult the (environment) ministry."

Harper questioned the warnings of climate scientists in the fall of 2006, but acknowledged global warming is a serious threat a few months later after the IPCC released its first report.

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