1998 Robert Peterson "A Cleaner Canada," Imperial Oil Ltd.

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"One thing is clear in this debate. There is absolutely no agreement among climatologists on whether or not the planet is getting warmer or, if it is, on whether the warming is the result of man-made factors or natural variations in the climate." "I feel very safe in saying that the view that burning fossil fuels will result in global climate change remains an unproved hypothesis." "The debate over [global warming] centres around whether the burning of fossil fuels...will cause temperatures around the world to rise to the point where we will be faced with a planetary disaster. It is important to understand that this issue has absolutely nothing to do with pollution and air quality." "Carbon dioxide is not a pollutant but an essential ingredient of life on this planet - the plant world cannot live without it." "It is possible that the warming observed during this century may have resulted from natural variations..."
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