Feature story - April 22, 2002
Greenpeace denounced the influence of the oil industry and fossil fuel interests in the election of the new Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
Damage caused by Hurricane Andrew, USA.
In today's vote at the IPCC's 19th Session, the candidate
supported by the United States was elected after a nasty
politicised discussion.
"The US has struck another blow in its broad effort to undermine
the
science of climate change, and to undermine interational
institutions and international agreements," said Sawyer.
The United States, acting on the direction of US oil giant
Exxon/Mobil, and using Saudi Arabia, other OPEC states, and Japan,
has waged a campaign against Dr. Robert Watson, current chair of
the IPCC. Dr Watson, an outspoken advocate for action to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions, has been the head of the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for six years.
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Dr. Robert Watson speaks out on salon.com