Benjamin D. Santer, a climate scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory whose work for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was challenged
by the Global Climate Coalition and allied groups, said the coalition was «engaging in a full - court
press at the
time, trying to cast doubt on the bottom - line conclusion of the I.P.C.C.» That panel
concluded in 1995 that «the balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate.»