Well since they removed "All of the principal causes of climate change are beyond the control of human beings", which appeared in a previous draft of their "new" position, it does appear to be a step in the right direction. However I think there are still considerable forces within AAPG that would prefer a contrarian position. For example, in 2006, one of their in house publications suggested http://www.geocraft.com/WVFossils/global_warming.html as a source that members should use to become more knowledgable on the subject.
It is possible to read some of the feedback their proposed new position has gathered from AAPG members: http://climate.aapg.org/?p=18#comments Curiously, comments 1-8 seem to be pro-IPCC views (or at least more so than the prior AAPG position statement), but below that many contrarians chime in. -Robert A. Rohde http://www.globalwarmingart.com/ On May 10, 5:00 pm, "Michael Tobis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Following up to an exchange from a few months ago (quoted below), it > may be of note that the American Association of Petroleum Geologists > is drafting a new position on climate change that will be less > vigorous of an endorsement of change than we might want, will be much > more in line with contemmporary scientific evidence. > > I gather that there has been some blowback from the Crichton episode, > and the AAPG is in the throes of an internal struggle to reframe its > position. It has affected their recruitment among geologists and I > gather it may be affecting the staffing of the petroleum industry as a > whole. > > I have seen a draft of their new position statement and it looks > vastly more reasonable than the current one, which is still visible at > > http://dpa.aapg.org/gac/papers/climate_change.cfm > > mt --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Global Change ("globalchange") newsgroup. Global Change is a public, moderated venue for discussion of science, technology, economics and policy dimensions of global environmental change. Posts will be admitted to the list if and only if any moderator finds the submission to be constructive and/or interesting, on topic, and not gratuitously rude. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/globalchange -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
