Science minister 'shocked' by denial of global warming among senior figures in the manufacturing industry

Lord Drayson says there is an urgent need to restate the scientific evidence for global warming and calls for companies to focus on their environmental obligations

"There is a significant minority of senior managers who do not accept the evidence for climate change and don't see the need to take action," Drayson said. "It really shocked me that those views are held, and it's not limited to the car industry."

"The industrialists are faced with a very difficult challenge, which is huge infrastructure investment in existing ways of doing business and very difficult global economic circumstances. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Mar 6, 2009 - 12:48 AM PST
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Dwight Rousu
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by Dwight Rousu - Mar. 6, 2009

The problem that rich decision makers are also ignorant of global climate change has been discovered by the British science minister. The call for more public education on the scientific studies is made.

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Bruce Whitham
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by Bruce Whitham - Mar. 8, 2009

I believe they should reference their sources a bit more clearly. "Some environmental processes. . ." or "Other Scientists say. . ." Omission for journalistic economy is not helpful. Notwithstanfding, this is an informative story,

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