Editing Leipzig Declaration (section)

== Use of the declarations ==
[[Image:Satellite Temperatures.png|thumb|right|Comparison of ground-based (blue) and satellite-based (red: [[University of Alabama in Huntsville|UAH]]; green: [[Remote Sensing Systems|RSS]]) records of temperature variations since 1979. Trends plotted since January 1982. (Source: Publicly available data, figure by Robert A. Rohde)]]
The declarations have been widely cited by some in the "[[sound science]]" movement. It has been cited by [[Fred Singer]] in editorial columns appearing in hundreds of websites and major publications, including ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', ''[[Miami Herald]]'', ''[[The Detroit News]]'', ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'', ''[[The Plain Dealer]]'', ''[[Memphis Commercial Appeal]]'', ''[[The Seattle Times]]'', and the ''[[Orange County Register]]''. [[Jeff Jacoby (columnist)|Jeff Jacoby]], a columnist with ''[[The Boston Globe]]'', described the signers of the Leipzig Declaration as "climate scientists" that "include prominent scholars."  Think tanks such as [[The Heritage Foundation]], [[The Heartland Institute]], and Australia's [[Institute of Public Affairs|Institute for Public Affairs]] called them "noted scientists." Both the Leipzig Declaration and [[Frederick Seitz]]'s [[Oregon Petition]] have been quoted as authoritative sources during deliberations in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.

Although the key data on which the Leipzig declaration relied (such as [[satellite temperature measurements]]) has been invalidated by subsequent research, and much new evidence has accumulated,<ref>{{cite web |title= Summary for Policy Makers |publisher= [[IPCC Fourth Assessment Report]] (4AR) |url= http://ipcc-wg1.ucar.edu/wg1/docs/WG1AR4_SPM_Approved_05Feb.pdf |access-date= 2007-02-16 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070219151218/http://ipcc-wg1.ucar.edu/wg1/docs/WG1AR4_SPM_Approved_05Feb.pdf |archive-date= 2007-02-19 |url-status= dead }}</ref> the declaration continues to be cited, along with the [[Oregon Petition]], as evidence of the current views of scientists on climate change.  Moreover, the organizers have not changed their stated position of rejecting [[global warming]] with human activity as primary driver.