Senator John Kerryâs statement in early August 2009 about âglobal warmingâ before the
Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which he chairs, was false in every particular, says
SPPI, leading him to draw the incorrect conclusion that âglobal warmingâ was a threat to
national security. The Senator got every fact wrong"

Wilkins Ice Shelf: Senator Kerry said the recent cracking of the thin âice-bridgeâ linking the
Wilkins Ice Shelf to the Antarctic Ice Shelf was caused by âglobal warmingâ. It was not: there
has been no statistically-significant âglobal warmingâ for almost 15 years.
Arctic ice-cap: Senator Kerry said the Arctic ice-cap would vanish in summer by 2013 because
of âglobal warmingâ. It will not, and, even if it does, âglobal warmingâ will not be the cause:
there has been rapid global cooling for very nearly eight years.
Polar bears: Senator Kerry said polar bears were under threat from âglobal warmingâ. They
are not: their population has increased fivefold since the 1940s, and they survived the last
interglacial period 125,000 years ago, when there was no summer ice in the Arctic.
Famine and drought: Senator Kerry said âglobal warmingâ would bring more famine and
drought. It will not: âglobal warmingâ, if and when it resumes, would cause the space
occupied by the atmosphere to hold more water vapor, reducing drought globally.

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