French Scientists Protest Allègre's Role in New Ecology Foundation - ScienceInsider

PARIS—Former French Science Minister Claude Allègre is at the center of a new controversy stemming from his role as a prominent climate change skeptic.

Sixty members of the French Academy of Sciences have written to the chancellor of the Institute of France, historian Gabriel de Broglie, objecting to Allègre's position at the new Fondation Ecologie d'Avenir, one of some 100 active foundations sheltered by the institute.
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The report reflected the outcome of a debate held by the academy at the request of then science minister Valérie Pécresse in response to the outcry over Allègre's book, The Climate Fraud. More than 400 French climatologists had asked Pécresse to disavow Allègre's book, which they said was riddled with errors, and to express confidence in the climate research community.   [There are more than 400 French climatologists?!]