France's Top Weatherman Questions Climate Change, Is Promptly Suspended
Henry Samuel writes from Paris for the Telegraph:
Every night, France's chief weatherman has told the nation how much wind, sun or rain they can expect the following day.
Now Philippe Verdier, a household name for his nightly forecasts on France 2, has been taken off air after a more controversial announcement -- criticising the world's top climate change experts.
Mr. Verdier claims in the book Climat Investigation . . . that leading climatologists and political leaders have "taken the world hostage" with misleading data.
In a video promoting his new book, Verdier says, "Every night I address five million French people to talk to you about the wind, the clouds and the sun. And yet there is something important, very important that I haven’t been able to tell you, because it's neither the time nor the place to do so," the Telegraph reports.
Verdier adds, "We are hostage to a planetary scandal over climate change -- a war machine whose aim is to keep us in fear," according to the Telegraph.
"His outspoken views led France 2 to take him off the air starting this Monday," the Telegraph reports.
"I received a letter telling me not to come. I'm in shock," the Telegraph quotes Verdier as telling RTL radio. "This is a direct extension of what I say in my book, namely that any contrary views must be eliminated."
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