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Senator reads petition urging rejection of global warming accords, cites signatures of 31,478 scientists
Summary
On the Senate floor a remonstrance was read urging rejection of international and similar greenhouse-gas limits, claiming a petition signed by 31,478 scientists disputes a scientific consensus on human-caused warming.
A remonstrance read on the Oregon Senate floor urged the United States government to reject the Kyoto Protocol and similar proposals limiting greenhouse gases, asserting there is no convincing scientific evidence that human emissions are causing catastrophic warming.
The speaker — identified on the transcript only as a senator delivering a remonstrance — read from a petition that, the speaker said, was signed by 31,478 American scientists, including 9,029 with PhDs, and referenced a scientific review article published in 2007. The remonstrance stated that proposed limits on greenhouse gases would “harm the environment, hinder the advance of science and technology, and damage the health and welfare of mankind.”
The remonstrance also asserted that there is “substantial scientific evidence that increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide produce many beneficial effects upon the natural plant and animal environments of the earth.” The speaker closed the reading by thanking the president of the Senate.
The transcript does not show debate, reaction from other senators, or committee referrals tied to the remonstrance during the floor session. The remonstrance was presented during the “Remonstrances” portion of the agenda, which allows senators to place comments on the record.
