Greenpeace Leader Admits Arctic Ice Exaggeration

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Gerd Leipold, the outgoing leader of Greenpeace, admitted that his organization's recent claim that the Arctic Ice will disappear by 2030 was "a mistake." Greenpeace said in a July 15 press release that there will be an ice-free Arctic by 2030 because of global warming. BBC reporter Stephen Sackur on the "Hardtalk" program pressed Leipold until he admitted the claim was wrong.
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Although he admitted Greenpeace had released inaccurate but alarming information, Leipold defended the organization’s practice of “emotionalizing issues” in order to bring the public around to its way of thinking and alter public opinion. Read more Tagged: Arctic Ice Exaggeration, Gerd Leipold, Global Warming, Greenpeace, Stephen Sackur
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By Andrew BoltJust an honest mistake, which purely coincidentally scared people into thinking we really are heating the world to hell:The outgoing leader of Greenpeace has admitted his organization’s recent claim that the Arctic Ice will disappear by 2030 was “a mistake.” Greenpeace made the claim in a July 15 press release entitled “Urgent Action [...]
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By Andrew Bolt Just an honest mistake, which purely coincidentally scared people into thinking we really are heating the world to hell: The outgoing leader of Greenpeace has admitted his organization’s recent claim that the Arctic Ice will disappear by 2030 was “a mistake.” Greenpeace made the claim in a July 15 press release entitled “Urgent Action [...]
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