In a released statement, Dr. Weaver said, "I asked The National Post to do the right thing - to retract a number of recent articles that attributed to me statements I never made, accused me of things I never did, and attacked me for views I never held. To my absolute astonishment, the newspaper refused."

Dr. Weaver's statement of claim asks for a Court injunction requiring The National Post to remove all of the false allegations from its Internet websites, and also seeks a Court order requiring the newspaper to assist Dr. Weaver in removing the National Post articles from other Internet sites where the articles have been re-posted.

"If I sit back and do nothing to clear my name, these libels will stay on the Internet forever. They'll poison the factual record, misleading people who are looking for reliable scientific information about global warming," states Weaver.

The Court injunction seeks general, aggravated damages, special and exemplary damages and legal costs in relation to the articles "Weaver's Web" by Financial Post columnist Peter Foster, "Weaver's Web II" and "Climate Agency going up in flames" by Editor Terence Corcoran and "So much for pure science" written by reporter Kevin Libin.