Ukip MEP sparks outrage with report denying human role in climate change

[Judi Lynn]

Report blames climate change on cosmic ray fluctuations and sunspot activity, drawing derision from climate scientists

Arthur Neslen
Wed 29 Aug 2018 01.00 EDT

A European parliament report that blames climate change on cosmic ray fluctuations, sunspots and planetary gravitational pulls, is so hackneyed and ill-informed it would “make the dinosaurs blush,” climate scientists say.

The non-binding opinion written by Ukip MEP, John Stuart Agnew, has shocked EU lawmakers for its dismissal of climate science – and the support he received to write it from mainstream rightwing and liberal political blocs.

Green MEP Molly Scott Cato said their choice of Agnew, a Norfolk farmer, as parliamentary rapporteur by the agriculture committee, was a “truly scandalous” fiasco that illustrated a growing populist threat. A rapporteur is elected to shepherd EU proposals through the European parliament and, after negotiations with the European commission and EU states, into law.

The Agnew report calls for a €5.45bn green fund called Life to be used to prepare “for an impending Maunder Minimum” – or a period of low sunspot activity.

More:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/aug/29/ukip-mep-sparks-outrage-with-report-denying-human-role-in-climate-change

[pansypoo53219]

1. some people need to be locked in a garage w/ a car on. see how well he breathes.

[Duppers]

2. SMH...."a Norfolk farmer"