Climate-change scientist sues right-wing Canadian newspaper

Source: CBC News

A prominent University of Victoria climate researcher says he's been repeatedly defamed by the National Post and has launched a lawsuit against the national newspaper.

Andrew Weaver has filed a statement of claim in B.C. Supreme Court, citing four articles published in the newspaper late 2009 and early 2010.

"These articles put him in a false light," said Weaver's lawyer, Roger McConchie. "Attributing to (Weaver) views that he says he never held and accusing him of conduct that he says never occurred."

Weaver, a full professor who was part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that won the Nobel Prize in 2007, claims in the court documents that the National Post articles suggest he's a corrupt scientist who promotes global warming theories so he can obtain government research grants.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/04/21/bc-andrew-weaver-national-post-lawsuit.html

and may he get every penny they have from them. I despise that paper. The thing is a waste of paper and resources.

These bastards NEED to be shut down.
Either provide PROOF or STFU.

and then go on to Rush ,Beck and others

Good for him. We need more of this. How about someone going after Rush, Beck, etc.?

Thanks for the thread, Newsjock.

I hope he's successful.