At least 45 of the 500 scientists named in The Heartland Institute's list of "500 Scientists with Documented Doubts of Man-Made Global Warming Scares" have expressed anger over being included in the list. The Heartland Institute did not seek the scientists' consent before creating the list nor did they inform the scientists that they would be cited in the document.
Here are some of the scientists' responses (taken from desmogblog):
"I am horrified to find my name on such a list. I have spent the last 20 years arguing the opposite."
—Dr. David Sugden. Professor of Geography, University of Edinburgh
"I have NO doubts ..the recent changes in global climate ARE man-induced. I insist that you immediately remove my name from this list since I did not give you permission to put it there."
—Dr. Gregory Cutter, Professor, Department of Ocean, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Old Dominion University
"I don't believe any of my work can be used to support any of the statements listed in the article."
—Dr. Robert Whittaker, Professor of Biogeography, University of Oxford
"I'm outraged that they've included me as an "author" of this report. I do not share the views expressed in the summary."
—Dr. John Clague, Shrum Research Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, Simon Fraser University
Someone needs to tell Louisiana's Senate.
