OTTAWA, Canada, April 22 /PRNewswire/ --
- International Climate Science Coalition Releases Signatories to the
Manhattan Declaration on Climate Change

The International Climate Science Coalition (ICSC) today released the
names of over 500 endorsers of the Manhattan Declaration on Climate
Change that calls on world leaders to "reject the views expressed by
the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as
well as popular, but misguided works such as 'An Inconvenient Truth'."
All taxes, regulations, and other interventions intended to reduce
emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) should "be abandoned forthwith",
declaration signatories conclude.

Included in the endorser lists are world leading climate scientists,
economists, policymakers, engineers, business leaders, medical
doctors, as well as other professionals and concerned citizens from
two dozen countries. The complete declaration text, endorser lists and
international media contacts for expert commentary, may be viewed at
http://www.climatescienceinternational.org/media1.php.

Perhaps most significant among the declaration's assertions: - "there
is no convincing evidence that CO2 emissions from modern industrial
activity have in the past, are now, or will in the future cause
catastrophic climate change." - "attempts by governments to legislate
costly regulations on industry and individual citizens to encourage
CO2 reduction will slow development while having no appreciable impact
on the future trajectory of global climate change. Such policies will
markedly diminish future prosperity and so reduce the ability of
societies to adapt to inevitable climate change, thereby increasing,
not decreasing human suffering."

"Just as the Manhattan Project was key to finally ending the Second
World War, the Manhattan Declaration on Climate Change may one day be
regarded as a critical catalyst that helped end today's climate
hysteria," said ICSC Science Advisory Board member, Professor Bob
Carter of James Cook University in Australia. "Protecting the natural
world is crucially important and so environmental policy must be based
on our best understanding of science and technology coupled with a
realistic appreciation of the relevant economics and policy options.
This is not happening in the climate debate."

ICSC Chair, Professor Tim Patterson of Carleton University in Ottawa,
Canada concludes, "Instead of wasting billions restricting emissions
of CO2, a vitally important gas on which all life depends, governments
must concentrate on solving known environmental problems over which we
have influence - air, land and water pollution being obvious
examples."
The ICSC is an association of scientists, economists and energy and
policy experts working to promote better public understanding of
climate change. ICSC provides an analysis of climate science and
policy issues which, being independent of lobby groups and vested
political interests, is an alternative to advice from the IPCC. ICSC
thereby fosters rational, evidence-based, open discussion about all
climate, and climate-related, issues.
For further information: about the Manhattan Declaration or the ICSC,
visit http://www.climatescienceinternational.org or contact: Tom
Harris, B. Eng., M. Eng., Executive Director, International Climate
Science Coalition, P.O. Box 23013, Ottawa, Canada, K1A 4E2,
+1-613-728-9200, Email: tom.har...@climatescienceinternational.net; or
Professor Robert M. Carter, Ph.D., Marine Geophysical Laboratory,
James Cook University, Townsville, Qld., 4811, AUSTRALIA, Phone:
+61-7-4781-4397, Home: +61-7-4775-1268, Mobile: +61(0)419-701-139, E-
mail: bob.car...@jcu.edu.au; Web: http://members.iinet.net.au/~glrmc/
For further information: about the Manhattan Declaration or the ICSC,
visit http://www.climatescienceinternational.org or contact: Tom
Harris, B. Eng., M. Eng., Executive Director, International Climate
Science Coalition, P.O. Box 23013, Ottawa, Canada, K1A 4E2,
+1-613-728-9200, Email: tom.har...@climatescienceinternational.net; or
Professor Robert M. Carter, Ph.D., Marine Geophysical Laboratory,
James Cook University, Townsville, Qld., 4811, AUSTRALIA, Phone:
+61-7-4781-4397, Home: +61-7-4775-1268, Mobile: +61(0)419-701-139, E-
mail: bob.car...@jcu.edu.au;