From the Idaho Statesman April 24, 2008 (not last week)
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Greenpeace founder Patrick Moore says there is no proof global warming is caused by humans, but it is likely enough that the world should turn to nuclear power - a concept tied closely to the underground nuclear testing his former environmental group formed to oppose. The chemistry of the atmosphere is changing, and there is a high-enough risk that "true believers" like Al Gore are right that world economies need to wean themselves off fossil fuels
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There are cycles in climate and warming. My Viking ancestors settled in Greenland, when it really had some green spaces. But since the mid 18th century we have been adding to the CO2 levels in the atmosphere, thus exacerbating the cycles. As other countries industrialize, the emissions will rise.
From Source Watch
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Patrick Moore is a former Greenpeace activist who has been a corporate consultant since at least 1991. He began working for the Nuclear Energy Institute front group, the Clean and Safe Energy Coalition, in 2006. The Coalition was organised and funded by the Nuclear Energy Institute, with help from the public relations firm, Hill and Knowlton that has a $8 million account with the nuclear industry.[1] In October 2008, Greenpeace issued a statement distancing itself from Moore, saying he "exploits long gone ties with Greenpeace to sell himself as a speaker and pro-corporate spokesperson, usually taking positions that Greenpeace opposes."
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I actually must admit that I am leaning toward his views on nuclear energy.