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Heartland ignorant of public relations – let alone science

You don’t have to hang around the internet for long to recognise the “silo” phenomena. The way the ideological group-thinkers will hang around specific sites feeding their belief. Then there is the “echo-chamber” – the way that bloggers and commenters … Continue reading →

May 5, 2012 / No Comment / Read More

Science denial is a diversion from the real problems

April 25, 2012 No Comment

Here’s a short but informative discussion between Naomi Oreskes and Australian politician Nick Minchin. He is known for his denial of human inputs to climate change and for attacking the science. Oreskes suggests to him that his reasons for denial … Continue reading →

Yes, Please Try This at Home!

March 19, 2012 No Comment

It’s amazing the confusion that accompanies climate change questions. That’s partly because it is a complex subject. So it’s not surprising that people can make glaring mistakes. Here’s one, though, that’s easy to get your head around by a simple experiment.

Climate change controversy in context

March 8, 2012 2 Comments

I came across this interesting article in Physics Today – Science controversies past and present. Interesting because it puts in context the current public controversy over the science of climate change. The author, Steve Sherwood, compares this current controversy with … Continue reading →

Shy Climate Denier in “Science Team” Exposes Himself

March 6, 2012 No Comment

More information related to local climate change denier attacks on NIWA scientists is starting to appear.

Climate Deniers Face Setback

March 5, 2012 No Comment

It’s good to see some of the mischief perpetrated by climate change deniers put to rest.

Santorum and the 'Green Dragon': Faith-Based Attacks on Environmentalism Nothing New from the Religious Right

February 21, 2012 No Comment

Republican presidential frontrunner Rick Santorum raised a lot of eyebrows this weekend when he attacked environmentalism as anti-Biblical and said that President Obama has a “phony theology” that sides with “radical environmentalists” over the Bible.

Beisner: EPA Promoting 'The Lorax' Violates the Separation of Church and State

February 13, 2012 No Comment

Back in 2010, the Cornwall Alliance released a 12-part DVD series entitled "Resisting the Green Dragon" featuring a who’s who of Religious Right leaders attacking environmentalism and warning that it represents a dire threat to Christian…

“What, Me Worry?” Distorting Climate Change Data

February 7, 2012 No Comment

Peter Gleick has a simple useful article in Forbes illustrating various ways that climate change deniers/contrariness cherry pick data to support claims that global warming is not occurring.

In the front lines of the “climate wars”

February 6, 2012 2 Comments

Here’s another book to look out for — The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines. It will be published at the beginning of March 2012.