Phillipe Verdier, a French weatherman and the author of the new book, "Climate Investigation," received his official notice of termination on Saturday from the French news channel France Televisions after criticizing the climate change narrative, The Daily Caller reports.

"I am being punished for exercising my freedom of expression," said Verdier who said his inspiration to write the book came after a meeting with the French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius when he encouraged a group of top meteorologists to push the global warming narrative.

"I was horrified by this speech," Verdier told French magazine Les Inrockuptibles last month, according to France 24.

The Daily Caller notes that in his book, Verdier accuses global warming scientists of misleading the public and using scare tactics to force conformity on the issue. He also accuses the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), for "politicizing" the issue and publishing false data.

Meanwhile, Verdier adds in the book that there are "many positive consequences to global warming," including lower energy prices, better heath and a boost in tourism.

However, controversy was generated when the book was released just weeks before COP21, the U.N. Climate Change Conference, which is being held in Paris at the end of November, France 24 reports.

 "I put myself in the path of COP21, which is a bulldozer, and this is the result," said Verdier.

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