In 2007, Harper shut down a federal climate-change research network and blocked new studies on the impact of rising greenhouse-gas emissions in the atmosphere.
"I can only put it down as one of two things," said Dr. Andrew Weaver, a climatologist from the University of Victoria's School of Earth and Ocean Sciences. "It's vindictive, because the climate-science community has been quite outspoken, or stupidity, and not really knowing what's going on out there." (T)he climate researchers said the Conservatives are delivering a short-sighted plan that is becoming an "international embarrassment." "Harper waffles on about trying to call for 50-per-cent emissions reductions. Where on earth is he getting those numbers from?" Weaver asked. "They're certainly not coming from Canadian scientists. Maybe it's coming from a Ouija board."
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