Some people really hate Al Gore. Richard Lindzen, a Professor of Meteorology at MIT, is one of those people. Lindzen isn't in complete denial about global warming;
We are quite confident (1) that global mean temperature is about 0.5 °C higher than it was a century ago; (2) that atmospheric levels of CO2 have risen over the past two centuries; and (3) that CO2 is a greenhouse gas whose increase is likely to warm the earth (one of many, the most important being water vapor and clouds). But--and I cannot stress this enough--we are not in a position to confidently attribute past climate change to CO2 or to forecast what the climate will be in the future.Wall Street Journal; June 26, 2006
[T]here has been no question whatsoever that CO2 is an infrared absorber (i.e., a greenhouse gas — albeit a minor one), and its increase should theoretically contribute to warming. Indeed, if all else were kept equal, the increase in CO2 should have led to somewhat more warming than has been observed. San Francisco Examiner; July 12, 2006
But one has to wonder how much is judgment is clouded by his dislike of Al Gore.
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