John Coleman Weather Channel

Guide Note: Writing on the website of the International Climate and Environmental Change Assessment Project (ICECAP), Weather Channel founder John Coleman called Global Warming a "total scam" and accused Al Gore and other "environmental extremists" of distorting facts to achieve political and financial gain.

Fast Facts:

1. Coleman is now the meteorologist at KUSI-TV in San Diego

Coleman Quotes:

1. "The frenzy about global warming is wildly exaggerated. The constant hype borders on ridiculous."
2. "Some dastardly scientists with environmental and political motives manipulated long term scientific data to create in allusion of rapid global warming."