A leader in international environmentalism, Patrick Moore, Ph.D., said in a recent article he wrote for Heartland that he is skeptical of the well-accepted argument that global warming or climate change is being caused by humans’ use of fossil fuels.
“The idea it would be catastrophic if carbon dioxide were to increase and average global temperature were to rise a few degrees is preposterous,” says Moore.
Moore, a self-proclaimed co-founder of one of the largest environmental organizations in the world, Greenpeace, has been an environmental activist for more than 40 years. He quit Greenpeace in 1986 and currently chairs Allow Golden Rice Now—a campaign he co-founded that supports bringing genetically modified, nutritionally boosted Golden Rice into agricultural use. He also works as an environmental consultant.
Greenpeace issued a press release in October 2008 stating that Moore abruptly left in order to become a paid representative of corporate polluters. In a subsequent release issued in December 2010, Greenpeace said Moore was not one of the original founders although he did play a significant role after arriving a year into its operations.
