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'''John Coleman''' is the founder of the [[Weather Channel]].
'''John Coleman''' (October 15, 1934–January 20, 2018) was the co-founder of the [[Weather Channel]] and a notable skeptic of human-caused climate change.
* There is no run away climate change. The impact of humans on climate is not catastrophic. Our planet is not in peril.<ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2007/11/07/weather-channel-founder-global-warming-greatest-scam-history#ixzz13bp7oeo4]</ref>
==Biography==
A native of [[Texas]], Coleman worked for several Chicago-area television stations starting while he was in college, and in 1975, he joined GMA in 1975.<ref name="CTrib">[http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-weather-channel-co-founder-dies-20180121-story.html John Coleman, former Chicago meteorologist and Weather Channel co-founder, dies at 83]. ''Chicago Tribune'' (from the ''Associated Press''). January 22, 2018. Retrieved January 23, 2018.</ref> He "was the original meteorologist on [[ABC]]'s '[[Good Morning America]].'"He co-founded the Weather Channel in 1981 and served as its CEO for about a year.<ref name="CTrib"/> In 1983, "the American Meteorological Society named Coleman its broadcast meteorologist of the year."<ref name="CTrib"/>
Coleman worked for several other television stations afterward as a weatherman, and in 2014 – after 61 years of reporting – he chose to retire.<ref name="CTrib"/><ref name="TNA">Mass, Warren (January 23, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/tech/environment/item/28112-weather-channel-founder-and-climate-realist-john-coleman-dies-at-age-83 Weather Channel Founder and Climate Realist John Coleman Dies at Age 83]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 23, 2018.</ref>
Coleman died on January 20, 2018, at his home in [[Las Vegas]].<ref name="CTrib"/><ref name="TNA"/> He was survived by his wife.<ref name="CTrib"/>
==Views on climate change==
Coleman, who was politically incorrect, disagreed with the popular [[Global Warming Theory]], which claims that climate change is a serious threat and caused by humans, calling it "baloney."<ref>Delingpole, James (January 22, 2018). [http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/01/22/rip-john-coleman-weather-channel-founder-who-called-climate-change-baloney/ RIP John Coleman – Weather Channel Founder Who Called Climate Change ‘Baloney’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 23, 2018.</ref>
* "There is no run away climate change. The impact of humans on climate is not catastrophic. Our planet is not in peril."<ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2007/11/07/weather-channel-founder-global-warming-greatest-scam-history#ixzz13bp7oeo4]</ref>
Due to his views, [[liberal]]s abhorred Coleman.<ref>Delingpole, James (January 23, 2018). [http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/01/23/climate-alarmists-gloat-over-the-death-of-skeptic-john-weather-channel-coleman/ Climate Alarmists Gloat over the Death of Skeptic John ‘Weather Channel’ Coleman]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 23, 2018.</ref>
==References==
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