Patrick Moore (consultant)

Patrick Moore
Moore at TEDxVancouver 2009
Born
Patrick Albert Moore

(1947-06-15) June 15, 1947 (age 77)[1]
Port Alice, British Columbia, Canada
Education
Scientific career
Institutions
  • Ecosense Environmental Inc.
  • Greenspirit Strategies
  • Greenpeace (former)
ThesisAdministration of Pollution Control in British Columbia: A Focus on the Mining Industry (1974)
Doctoral advisors
Websitewww.ecosense.me

Patrick Albert Moore (born June 15, 1947) is a Canadian industry consultant, former activist, an early member and past president of Greenpeace Canada. Since leaving Greenpeace in 1986,[2] Moore has criticized the environmental movement for what he sees as scare tactics and disinformation, saying that the environmental movement "abandoned science and logic in favor of emotion and sensationalism".[3] Greenpeace has criticized Moore, calling him "a paid spokesman for the nuclear industry, the logging industry, and genetic engineering industry"[4] who "exploits long-gone ties with Greenpeace to sell himself as a speaker and pro-corporate spokesperson".[5]

Since leaving Greenpeace, Moore has frequently taken sharp public stances against a number of major environmental groups, including Greenpeace itself, on many issues including forestry,[6] nuclear energy,[7] genetically modified organisms,[8] and pesticide use.[9] Moore has also denied the consensus of the scientific community on climate change, for example by claiming that increased carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere is beneficial, that there is no proof that anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions are responsible for global warming, and that even if true, increased temperature would be beneficial to life on Earth.[10] These views are contradicted by the scientific consensus on the effects of global warming, which holds that climate change is expected to have a significant and irreversible negative impact on climate and weather events around the world, posing severe risks like ocean acidification and sea level rise to human society and to other organisms.[11][12][13]

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  2. ^ Bennett, Drake. "Eco-Traitor". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
  3. ^ Moore, Patrick (January 28, 2005). "Environmental Movement Has Lost Its Way". Miami Herald.
  4. ^ "Patrick Moore background information". Greenpeace. Greenpeace International. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
  5. ^ "Greenpeace Statement On Patrick Moore". www.greenpeace.org. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
  6. ^ Monbiot, George (December 2, 2010). "Why is a former Greenpeace activist siding with Indonesia's logging industry?". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  7. ^ "Patrick Moore: Nuclear energy? Yes please...". The Independent. February 15, 2007. Archived from the original on May 25, 2022. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  8. ^ Sebastian, Michael (March 12, 2019). "Patrick Moore is Fox News' New Anti-Climate Change Hero. Here's the Truth About His Background". Esquire. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  9. ^ Browne, Anthony (May 21, 2000). "'Judas' of the eco-warriors spreads his gospel of doubt". The Guardian.
  10. ^ Maria Tadeo (February 28, 2014). "Greenpeace co-founder says no proof that humans cause warming". The Independent. Archived from the original on May 25, 2022. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
    Readfearn, Graham (April 16, 2015). "Ask the Real Experts About Ocean Acidification, Not Climate Science Deniers". The Guardian. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
    Zimmer, Carl (July 30, 2018). "'Global Greening' Sounds Good. In the Long Run, It's Terrible. - The New York Times". New York Times. Archived from the original on February 6, 2021. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  11. ^ Molina, M.; et al. (n.d.). "What We Know: The Reality, Risks and Response to Climate Change. A report by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Climate Science Panel" (PDF). AAAS. Archived from the original on June 5, 2014. Retrieved April 27, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  12. ^ IPCC. "IPCC Fourth Assessment Report: Climate Change 2007 Sec. 3. Projected climate change and its impacts".
  13. ^ "ESRL News: New Study Shows Climate Change Largely Irreversible" (Press release). US Department of Commerce, NOAA, Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL). January 26, 2009. Retrieved April 27, 2019.