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Global warming tribunal may stoke argument that climate change is based on belief, not science | Leo Hickman

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Nov 03, 2009

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Tim Nicholson's tribunal could be used as a source of invective by the 'global warming is just a religion' brigade

So now we know that, according to an employment appeal judge, it is possible in the eyes of the law to have a "philosophical belief" that manmade climate change is real and that the "resulting moral imperative" to take action is justified. Furthermore, such a philosophical belief must not be discriminated against in the workplace, as set out in the Employment Equality (Religion and Belief) Regulations 2003.

The ruling has arisen as a result of Tim Nicholson, the former head of sustainability at Grainger PLC, the UK's largest residential landlord, attempting to take his former employer to a tribunal on the grounds that he was dismissed for his environmental views. Earlier this year, Grainger had appealed against an earlier judgment giving Nicholson permission to take the firm to a tribunal over his treatment. Grainger challenged the ruling saying that Nicholson's "green views" were not comparable to religious or philosophical beliefs. In its defence

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