Views on global warming
Coleman spoke out as a "rejectionis[t]" of
global warming in 2007 after watching
NBC's "Green is Universal" week, where the studio lights were cut for portions of
Sunday Night Football's pre-game and half-time shows.
[10] He called the concept of climate change the "greatest scam in history", and said that "the polar ice is increasing, not melting away.
Polar bears are increasing in number."
[11][12] Critics have pointed out that each of these claims was wrong or misleading,
[13] questioned his credibility due to his lack of relevant academic credentials, and said that he had not conducted any scientific research in the area of climate change.
[14] These views contributed to Coleman dropping out of the American Meteorological Society.
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