Bush's science man sceptical about global warming weather link - Australian Broadcasting Corp

A leading science advisor to the Bush administration has rejected scientific claims that climate change is the greatest challenge facing humankind this century. In an interview for Lateline, Vice Admiral Conrad Lautenbacher says evidence gathered so far fails to convince the US that extreme weather being felt around the globe is a direct result of climate change.

Green groups have seized on evidence from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change -- a group of 1,500 international climatologists.

It concluded the '90s were the warmest decade for more than a century, and its models predict floods, droughts, forest fires and tropical cyclones will become more frequent in the coming century.

But the United States says the forecasts are simply too bold.

So, who are are going to believe -1500 climatologists or Bush political appointees with ties to industry?