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More ammo against skeptics	David Roberts	27 Aug 2007	Gristmill
If our How to Talk to a Climate Skeptic series doesn't fully scratch your skepticism itch, check out Skeptical Science, a well-organized site devoted to tracking climate skeptic arguments and rebutting them.
Topics: climate, climate change skepticism (all these topics)

Alternative information GA state legislature tries to figure out whether climate change is real	David Roberts	23 Aug 2007	Gristmill
Wow. Via the indispensable Aunt Phyllis, this is old school: On Tuesday the Georgia legislature held a hearing called "Climate change: fact or fiction?" Listen to these blasts from the past: 'In the media, we hear the gloom and doom side,' said Rep. Jeff Lewis (R-White), chairman of the House Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications Committee that held the hearing. 'There is alternative information out there.' Indeed there is! Puzzlingly, the "alter ...
Topics: climate, climate change skepticism, Georgia, politics (all these topics)

Are scientists overestimating -- or underestimating -- climate change? Part I Read on	Joseph Romm	21 Aug 2007	Gristmill
A study by Stephen Schwartz of Brookhaven National Lab, to be published in the Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR), has the deniers and doubters delighted. 'Overturning the 'Consensus' in One Fell Swoop' gloats Planet Gore, which says the study 'concludes that the Earth's climate is only about one-third as sensitive to carbon dioxide as the IPCC assumes' and so we 'should expect about a 0.6°C additional increase in temperature between now and 2070 [0.1°C per decade] ...
Topics: climate, climate change skepticism, climate science (all these topics)

Freeman Dyson, climate crackpot Yet another one	Joseph Romm	16 Aug 2007	Gristmill
As a physicist, I have never been a big fan of Freeman Dyson. He was, after all, one of the 'geniuses' pushing Project Orion -- the absurdly impractical idea of creating a rocket ship powered by detonating nuclear bombs -- I kid you not! Dyson has written a new book, A Many Colored Glass, that you shouldn't waste your time and money on -- as this extract on global warming makes clear. Dyson has basically joined the famous-crackpot camp with Michael Crichton and ...
Topics: climate, climate change skepticism, climate science (all these topics)

Explain climate change to Little Stevie A call for suckers	David Roberts	13 Aug 2007	Gristmill
Little Stevie Milloy's outfit is offering $100,000 to the person who can "prove, in a scientific manner, that humans are causing harmful global warming." Fine print: This exciting opportunity will cost you $15. Think of it as a sweepstakes, only with Ed McMahon peer-reviewing articles on particle physics, and nobody winning. Now, the phrase "prove in a scientific manner" should tip you off that a childhood of eating paste has left Little Stevie ...
Topics: climate, climate change skepticism (all these topics)

Must-read from RealClimate The latest skepticism, debunked	Joseph Romm	13 Aug 2007	Gristmill
Not that anyone but a denier or two believed that some microscopic revision in a few years of temperature data meant the theory of human-caused global warming was even slightly undercut -- but progressives need to know all the rebuttals. I emailed Gavin Schmidt at RealClimate about this -- I'm sure I wasn't alone -- and he put together a very nice debunking post. As Gavin writes, 'there is clearly a latent and deeply felt wish in some sectors for the whole problem of ...
Topics: climate, climate change skepticism, climate science (all these topics)

Geez, All We Got Was Karl Rove's Resignation Governments ruffled by climate kerfuffles in England, Australia		13 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
Geez, All We Got Was Karl Rove's Resignation Governments ruffled by climate kerfuffles in England, Australia A couple of government climate kerfuffles have broken out: In Britain, a leaked briefing paper says the country won't meet a European Union target of 20 percent renewable energy by 2020, and suggests lobbying other nations for a more flexib ...
Topics: Australia, climate, climate change mitigation, climate change skepticism, England, news, renewable energy (all these topics)

Newsweek takes on deniers without faux balance Finally	David Roberts	08 Aug 2007	Gristmill
Oy. Things are, as usual, happening faster than I can blog them. Before it gets too old, let me be the last person in the green blogosphere to link to this remarkable article in Newsweek. It's about the history of the global warming denial industry. It's not remarkable because it uncovers any new information. Those playing close attention -- and reading sources like, ahem, Grist -- have known about this stuff for a long time. It's remarkable because it gathers it in o ...
Topics: climate, climate change skepticism (all these topics)

Cognitive dissonance and climate change skepticism How the two are related	Andrew Dessler	08 Aug 2007	Gristmill
Science Friday recently had a great segment on cognitive dissonance, defined as: A psychological term which describes the uncomfortable tension that may result from having two conflicting thoughts at the same time, or from engaging in behavior that conflicts with one's beliefs. Because it is uncomfortable, your brain will seek out ways to resolve the contradictions. So if you think you're a good and moral person, but you fudge a little on your taxes, you migh ...
Topics: climate, climate change skepticism (all these topics)

Global warming and eugenics Where did the comparison start?	David Roberts	30 Jul 2007	Gristmill
Recently, CNN cable TV and syndicated radio host Glenn Beck said this: Al Gore's not going to be rounding up Jews and exterminating them. It is the same tactic, however. The goal is different. The goal is globalization. The goal is global carbon tax. The goal is the United Nations running the world. That is the goal. Back in the 1930s, the goal was get rid of all of the Jews and have one global government. You got to have an enemy to fight. And when you have an ...
Topics: climate, climate change skepticism (all these topics)

Climate change Game over	Andrew Dessler	27 Jul 2007	Gristmill
In an editorial in this week's Science Magazine, Donald Kennedy writes: With respect to climate change, we have abruptly passed the tipping point in what until recently has been a tense political controversy. Why? Industry leaders, nongovernmental organizations, Al Gore, and public attention have all played a role. At the core, however, it's about the relentless progress of science. As data accumulate, denialists retreat to the safety of the Wall Street Journal op- ...
Topics: climate, climate change skepticism, climate science (all these topics)

Climate confusion in Hong Kong Dumb arguments rear their heads yet again	Joseph Romm	25 Jul 2007	Gristmill
A reader pointed me to a letter in the South China Morning Post, "Cold water on the warming debate" (subs. req'd). The writer, a senior research fellow of the HK Institute of Economics and Business, rehashes a number of mistaken arguments I hear all too often: Many people fail to knit together these two strands - climate change and the exhaustion of fossil fuels. If they did, they would see that the energy crisis, which is predicted as a result of ...
Topics: climate, climate change skepticism, coal, coal-to-liquid fuel, energy (all these topics)

It's Not the Sun Sun is not causing current global warming, researchers confirm		11 Jul 2007	Daily Grist
It's Not the Sun Sun is not causing current global warming, researchers confirm Attention all ye who think the sun might be a primary cause of climate change, and all ye who know someone who thinks that: No. It's not the sun. Researchers have published a study of the last century of solar activity, finding that the sun's output has actually declined over the last 20 years. (And yes, they did brain ...
Topics: climate, climate change skepticism, climate science, news (all these topics)

Arguing from authority Articles about climate skeptics	Coby Beck	22 Jun 2007	Gristmill
Even while rejecting the authority of the most comprehensive and reviewed scientific document on any subject, namely the IPCC report, one of the most common climate delusionist tactics is the argument from authority. Whether it is Alexander Cockburn responding to George Monbiot or some anonymous person on some blog, everyone has some personal 'scientist' friend who assures them the rest of the world has gone mad. When an argument from authority is invoked it is perfect ...
Topics: climate, climate change skepticism, IPCC (all these topics)

Shocked, shocked to discover that politicians are sometimes dishonest! Even in Canada	John McGrath	21 Jun 2007	Gristmill
So, about a year ago I wrote briefly about Marc Jaccard, a Canadian economist whose book, Sustainable Fossil Fuels, has been exceedingly popular in Canadian policy-making circles. No surprise there -- any book that says we can have our cheesecake and eat it too is going to find a wide audience among politicians averse to making any tough decision, ever. I was, you could say, less than charitable to Jaccard's ideas. But the latest news from Canada's Conservative do-no ...
Topics: Canada, climate, climate change skepticism, energy, fossil fuels, greenhouse-gas emissions (all these topics)

Another reason not to trust skeptics Skeptical about skeptics	Andrew Dessler	11 Jun 2007	Gristmill
One last comment on NASA administrator Michael Griffin's comments about global warming. The skeptics out there heralded his comments. For example, Bob Carter was quoted as saying, 'My main reaction to Michael Griffin is to congratulate him on his clear-sightedness, not to mention his courage in speaking out on such a controversial topic.' What these skeptics seem to forget (or conveniently ignore) is that Griffin's comments were only about the moral question of whe ...
Topics: climate, climate change skepticism (all these topics)

NASA chief Griffin stands by his Luddite remarks -- as space agency guts climate science work Unfortunate	Joseph Romm	06 Jun 2007	Gristmill
NASA administrator Michael Griffin offered a lame apology for his denier remarks on climate change. The Associated Press reports that Griffin 'regrets airing his personal views about global warming during a recent radio interview.' That is, he apologized for speaking his mind. Sad. In a related story, the media revealed a recent report on how NASA and the Bush administration are gutting earth observation work crucial to tracking climate change: The Bush adm ...
Topics: climate, climate change skepticism, climate science, funnies, green living (all these topics)

An enemy of my enemy ... Conservatives like Bush's climate plan because greens don't	David Roberts	05 Jun 2007	Gristmill
The conservative National Review likes the president's new climate change strategy. Not because it will work to reduce emissions, mind you. Because it irritates environmentalists and Europeans.
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, climate change skepticism, jackassery (all these topics)

Fred Thompson delivers rational, informed, passionate speech about the need for immediate action to combat global warming	Adam Browning	03 Jun 2007	Gristmill
Just kidding. He's an ass: Some people think that our planet is suffering from a fever. Now scientists are telling us that Mars is experiencing its own planetary warming: Martian warming. It seems scientists have noticed recently that quite a few planets in our solar system seem to be heating up a bit, including Pluto. NASA says the Martian South Pole's 'ice cap' has been shrinking for three summers in a row. Maybe Mars got its fever from earth. If so, I guess ...
Topics: climate, climate change skepticism, climate science (all these topics)

Fruitloopery for the yoots A conservative kids' book publisher takes on climate change	David Roberts	01 Jun 2007	Gristmill
The L.A. Times visits a conservative publisher of children's books. Here's what they find: First up is a story about a boy named Jake who watches a dire film about global warming in school. Jake walks home cursing every SUV -- until his best friend, Ben, sets him straight with a didactic lecture disguised as dialogue. The story makes its point perfectly clear; at one point, Ben tells Jake, 'There is NO conclusive evidence that humans are causing the Earth to heat ...
Topics: books, climate, climate change skepticism (all these topics)

Bunk from Beck Real Climate tears apart another fraudulent presentation from E. G. Beck	Coby Beck	29 May 2007	Gristmill
Over at RealClimate today, they present and debunk another fraudulent reconstruction from German school-teacher-plays-skeptic-scientist E. G. Beck. First it was his groundbreaking (as in stick your head in the sand) work on CO2; now he turns his attention to temperature reconstructions for the past millennium. When bad science still doesn't get the result you want, why not spice it up with a bit of plain and simple fraud?
Topics: climate, climate change skepticism, climate science (all these topics)

Post of the day: Crichton's fictions More debunkery of everyone's favorite fiction writer	Joseph Romm	23 May 2007	Gristmill
While Planet Gore now has the market cornered on entertaining global warming disinformation, Michael Crichton perfected it. For those last two or three people who still think the technothriller writer has his facts straight, check out reasic's terrific post on Crichton's inane 2003 talk, "Aliens Cause Global Warming." Yes, Crichton, a real medical doctor, actually said: Nobody believes a weather prediction twelve hours ahead. Now we're asked to ...
Topics: climate, climate change skepticism, jackassery (all these topics)

Strange bedfellows in climate politics A Nation columnist goes contrarian; GM goes the other way	Charles Komanoff	22 May 2007	Gristmill
Did lefty pundit Alexander Cockburn and corporate behemoth General Motors secretly agree to swap climate positions? It looks that way. GM, swallowing hard, recently joined the U.S. Climate Action Partnership, the elite enviro-business coalition pushing cap-and-trade -- a so-called "market-based system" for controlling carbon dioxide emissions. Meanwhile, the famously acidic Cockburn lacerated global warming orthodoxy in his column in the Nation ma ...
Topics: Big Auto, business, carbon tax, climate, climate change mitigation, climate change skepticism, greening biz operations, US CAP (all these topics)

Planet Gore Disinfotainment Watch: Claiming climate mitigation must be regressive Conservative blog doesn't read studies it writes about	Joseph Romm	22 May 2007	Gristmill
As discussed last week, Planet Gore's Sterling Burnett was upset with the media for supposedly ignoring 'the recent reports by MIT and the CBO [PDFs] detailing the substantial costs and regressive nature of the costs that are estimated to arise if any of the current domestic proposals restricting carbon emissions to combat global warming are enacted.' Given that the MIT report in fact concluded the exact opposite of what Sterling claimed -- and given the fact that th ...
Topics: carbon trading, climate, climate change skepticism, greenhouse-gas emissions, lying liars (all these topics)

They send letters	David Roberts	21 May 2007	Gristmill
Recently, 15 House committee chairs sent a letter to the president to tell him to stop trying to water down the G8 statement on climate change. Meanwhile, chair Brad Miller from the House Science Committee sent a letter to Exxon to tell it to stop funding climate denialists. You can read both letters here. As both the president and Exxon have proven themselves open to rational persuasion, the problems should be cleared up now. Next!
Topics: climate, climate change skepticism, US House of Representatives (all these topics)

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