Petition Text
The text of the petition reads, in its entirety:
| “ | We urge the United States government to reject the global warming agreement that was written in Kyoto, Japan in December, 1997, and any other similar proposals. The proposed limits on greenhouse gases would harm the environment, hinder the advance of science and technology, and damage the health and welfare of mankind.
There is no convincing scientific evidence that human release of carbon dioxide, methane, or other greenhouse gasses is causing or will, in the foreseeable future, cause catastrophic heating of the Earth's atmosphere and disruption of the Earth's climate. Moreover, 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. |
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The petition website asserts that "over 17,000 scientists declare that global warming is a lie with no scientific basis whatsoever." The British newspaper Daily Telegraph reports that the petition "denies that man is responsible for global warming."
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