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And from the "other side" comes Conservapedia, so far out there that some think it might be a parody. From their Global warming page (viewed February 23, 2007): "It should be noted that these scientists are largely motivated by a need for grant money in their fields. Therefore, their work can not be considered unbiased. Also, these scientists are mostly liberal athiests, untroubled by the hubris that man can destroy the Earth which God gave him."

Logical Science: Defending the scientific consensus from vested interests

Uncivil War

Cold Case vs. CSI

Nigel Calder in the Times

WSJ Editorial Board: Head Still Buried in the Sand

Misinformation from Lomborg

Answering Jonathan Adler

Fraser Institute fires off a damp squib

The IPCC Fourth Assessment SPM

Stern Science

The Human Hand in Climate Change

IPCC AR4 leaks wrong

Ron Bailey, climate sensitivity, and projected temperature increases

Washington Times spreads DDT ban myth

Can Washington get smart about science?

Moncktons curious take on the SPM

DeSmog Leaks Advance Copy of Think Tank's IPCC Attack

January 2007

The Right Hates the Weather Channel!

The Mighty Wurlitzer

Attack Orchestrated

Calling All Science Teachers

Consensus as the New Heresy

2006 Year in review

November 2006

Parallel universe quiz

How much CO2 emission is too much?

AGU, AAPG and AMQUA

Global cooling, again

October 2006

Doubting Inhofe

Global cooling: Inhofe talking sh*t* again

Inhofe's NYT refs

How not to attribute climate change

Con Allègre, ma non troppo

Attribution of 20th Century climate change to CO2

Carl Wunsch, The Economist and the Gulf Stream

Playing dirty: Coming clean on climate-change spin—how the PR industry sold the “made in Canada” solution to global warming

NRSP: Not Really Science People

I'm evil!

September 2006

Inhofe's speech and right-wing global warming myths

Becker and Posner's ignorance about DDT

The science and politics of DDT

Royal Society tells Exxon: stop funding climate change denial

Geology group protests award given to novelist Michael Crichton

The denial industry:

For years, a network of fake citizens' groups and bogus scientific bodies has been claiming that science of global warming is inconclusive. They set back action on climate change by a decade. But who funded them? Exxon's involvement is well known, but not the strange role of Big Tobacco. In the first of three extracts from his new book, George Monbiot tells a bizarre and shocking new story

Denialists:

I've been thinking about putting together a comprehensive description of "the denialist." You know, the type of person that refuses to believe in facts when they are indisputable. Topics of denial include the holocaust, HIV causing AIDS, global warming/climate change, evolution, the necessity of animals in research, cigarettes causing cancer, embryonic stem cells aren't as good as adult stem cells, the government blew up the WTC on 9/11 not terrorists etc. Despite the incredible disparity between these areas of resolute denial and the motives behind them, the tactics used by denialists are remarkably similar. In today's Guardian, for instance, George Monbiot has an excellent description of the methods used by high-priced denialists bought and paid for by Exxon Mobile to prevent climate science from being believed.

Fiddling While the Planet Burns: Will the Wall Street Journal's editorial writers accept a challenge to learn the truth about the science of global climate change? By Jeffrey D. Sachs

The trouble with sunspots

Why greenhouse gases heat the ocean

Chinese whispers in Australia

Followup to the ‘Hockeystick’ Hearings

Andrew Bolt gets a perfect score on global warming

James Glassman is incorrigible

The Politically Incorrect Guide to Darwinism and Intelligent Design Review

Synopsis: One thing is for sure, Jonathan Wells is too modest. His recently published, The Politically Incorrect Guide to Darwinism and Intelligent Design, is not only politically incorrect but incorrect in most other ways as well: scientifically, logically, historically, legally, academically, and morally.

July 2006

A critique of Wood on global warming

Disinformation? You want it, IREA’s got it

Peter Doran and how misleading talking points propagate

Medieval warmth and English wine

Quark soup is back

April 2006

Heat Rising at the Washington Post from RealClimate

Eric Pianka has become the latest victim of a right-wing smear campaign, claiming that he wants to kill 90% of the population. Several posts have set the record straight, including:

· UT Professor Clearing The Record On Speech

· Forrest Mims: ‘crazy kook’, says Pianka

· “Mr. Hyperbole” Meets “Dr. Doom”

Incurious George from RealClimate looks at another bit of nonsense from George Will

Several comments on President Bush's statement that there is a "fundamental debate" about the cause of the recent global warming:

· Bush on “The Fundamental Debate” from RealClimate

· Bush Claims There's a "Debate" on Human-Caused Global Warming by Chris Mooney

· More incomprehensible Bush on GW by William Connolley

February 2006

Coby Beck tells us How to talk to a global warming sceptic as part of his A Few Things Ill Considered blog

Learning to Speak "Science" Chris Mooney offers a few suggestions on how the scientific community can win back its political influence in America

contrarian has been added to the Skeptic's dictionary

From Tim Lambert

· The Chromium-6 Fraud

· The Wit and Wisdom of Michael Fumento

January 2006

Climate Expert Says NASA Tried to Silence Him by ANDREW C. REVKIN

· "The top climate scientist at NASA says the Bush administration has tried to stop him from speaking out since he gave a lecture last month calling for prompt reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases linked to global warming."

And reaction from RealClimate: Hansen in the New York Times

John Quiggin and Tim Lambert react to the latest revelation that Steven Milloy has been taking corporate money.

Via Chris Mooney this article by Dennis Myers on politicians abusing the science of mercury pollution.

Kåre Fog has added a page on What is wrong about the "Copenhagen Consensus" ? to the Lomborg errors site.

In Calculating the greenhouse effect Gavin Schmidt of RealClimate debunks a favorite "skeptic" argument, that humans are responsible for just a small amount of the greenhouse effect. This version of the myth originated with Steven Milloy.

Science Friday: Real Climate by DarkSyde is an interview of three RealClimate regulars.

Several science blogers have joined together at Scienceblogs.com including:

· Chris Mooney

· Tim Lambert

· P.Z. Myers

DeSmogBlog is another interesting blog

From Tim Lambert:

· Disinformation cycle

· Global warming roundup

· DDT ban myth bingo

· Pat Michaels on frogs and global warming

· Fumento gets himself fired

· Fumento: a uniter, not a divider

· Julian Simon's DDT deceit

On Truth, Fact, Values, Climate Change, and Doughnuts by Peter H. Gleick

The end of the global warming debate by John Quiggin

Slamming the Climate Skeptic Scam by Jim Hoggan

December 2005

Anthony Kendall reviews The Politically Incorrect Guide to Science.

John Quiggin had the same thought I did

How to be a real sceptic from RealClimate

Upping the Anti: Tom Bethell takes the modern political right's "war on science" to a whole new level. by Chris Mooney;

Quote Mining, Near and Far by Carl Zimmer

November 2005

The Republican War on Science by Chris Mooney, Basic Books, 2005

In Mea Culpa: secondhand smoke and the politics of science Robert Carroll debunks one of the favorite claims of the junk science crowd, that second-hand smoke is not a health hazard. He also apologizes for repeating this claim.

The False Objectivity of “Balance” from Realclimate

The Skeptic's dictionary reports on the Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act

July 2005

Even more on the Bartan inquisition, summarized by RealClimate and Chris Mooney. Highlights include:

· A response from the House Committee on Science

· Responses from Michael Mann (especially good), Ray Bradley and Malcolm Hughes

So Three Judges Walk Into a Car ... by Amanda Griscom Little

Brian Schmidt has tracked down another bogus quote.

The has been much criticism of the Bartan inquisition. Some of the highlights:

· AAAS concerned over House inquiry of climate scientists (press release)

· Letter from AAAS CEO Alan I. Leshner (pdf)

· Mann Hunt: A Texas congressman isn't just going after global-warming science -- he's got the scientists in his crosshairs too. by Chris Mooney

· Congressman unmoved by peer review, asks to see raw data

· Nature on Barton

· Henry Waxman's letter to Barton. (pdf)

The D.C. Circuit Flunks Global Warming, Chris Mooney takes a look at a recent court decision

Expose Exxon, find out what the oil giant is up to

Disclosure Schmosure by Chris Mooney

Supreme Court Abolishes OSHA, EPA looks at what the business community wants in a Supreme Court nominee

From RealClimate

· The Acid Ocean – the Other Problem with CO2 Emission

· Climate sensitivity and aerosol forcings

· The lure of solar forcing

I still get the occasional comment. Most of the negative ones are similar to this, no facts, no references, just I'm right and you are wrong:

Bet you thought no one would ever visit your website, huh? Well, with the advantage of 20/20 hindsight (it's been over 10-years since Dixie Lee Ray made her speech you joyfully tear asunder) I'd like to congratulate you on getting everything wrong. Not only has time proven Dr. Ray (and Rush Limbaugh - just why did you mention him?) right, but it has also proven your "experts" agonizingly wrong.

Can't win 'em all.

Have a nice life jimn469897 - and don't forget your sunblock.

[name deleted to protect the guilty]

p.s., I knew Dixie Lee, and, believe me, you're no Dixie Lee Ray.

June 2005

An editorial in the Wall Street Journal has caused quite a stir. RealClimate takes the editorial apart, showing that just about every claim in it is wrong. And now Chris Mooney has added his thoughts, see Debunking the Debunkers: The Wall Street Journal's take on global warming gets more desperate all the time.

Still more outrage this month. This time Congressman Joe Bartan has sent a series of questions to a handful of leading climate scientists. While some of the questions may be legitimate requests for information, the overall effect seems to be harassment. See Chris Mooney's comments, along with reader comments on his post. James Annan, a climatologist living in Japan, seems sure that the questions are harassment.

Chris Mooney has more on DDT and malaria

Mmm … DDT … Yum!

Blowing the whistle on climate change: Interview with Rick Piltz

New ExxonMobil Giving Numbers from Chris Mooney

The Assault on Scientific Freedom from the ACLU

Democrats Unveil Initiative to Keep Science Out of Politics

The big news this month is that Philip A. Cooney, a former oil industry lawyer who was caught editing scientific reports on climate change, resigned from the White House and has taken a job with Exxon/Mobile. Chris Mooney has a number of posts on his blog about this story.

Low-Ball Warming: There should be a special circle in hell for people who mess with scientific data. by Chris Mooney

Global warming and the categorical imperative also by Mooney has more about the abuse of uncertainty by the "skeptics"

James Annan reports on attempts to get the global warming "skeptics" to bet on future climate change on RealClimate and on his own blogg, additional comments on Stoat.

It seems to be a big month for bad old myths that never seem to go away. From RealClimate: How much of the recent CO2 increase is due to human activities?

Antarctica and sea level rise from Stoat:

In Redundant behavior Sylvia S Tognetti has more on uncertainty and climate policy.

In Fact-checking in the blogosphere John Quiggin looks at another claim that DDT has been banned, as well as a distortion of the writings of Rachel Carson.

Tim Blair spreads fake quote by Tim Lambert

Lambert has two posts on Bob Carter, How to get unscientific rubbish in the Age’s science section, and Nature it ien't

Lambert also writes about More Aussie astroturf and Pearson claims that undersea volcanoes cause global warming and Brignell’s Law of Scientific Consensus

May 2005

The May/June edition of Mother Jones has several articles on global warming denialism. These and several other items are available online. Also in the print media, Daniel Glick Reviews Michael Crichton's State of Fear ("Pulp Fiction", Audubon, May-June 2005, pages20-25). Chris Mooney also reviews the book ("Bad Science, Bad Fiction, and an Agenda", Skeptical Inquirer, May/June 2005, pages 53-55). Also in the Skeptical Inquirer Massimo Pigliucci takes a very critical look at the Gaia hypothesis ("The So-called Gaia Hypothesis", May/June 2005, pages 21-26).

Global warming? A small few non-believers say no by JOHANN HARI

The Climate Sceptics (pdf)

Junk science: David Bellamy's inaccurate and selective figures on glacier shrinkage are a boon to climate change deniers by George Monbiot

BIOLOGISTS ORDERED TO IGNORE GENETICS OF ENDANGERED SPECIES

Chris Mooney continues his look at Senator James (it's all a hoax) Inhofe

The Golden Horseshoe Award: Jaworowski and the vast CO2 conspiracy is a lengthy debunking of writings by Zbigniew Jaworowski.

The Courthouse Effect: How to win a global-warming suit.by Chris Mooney

A new analysis has reproduced the "hockey stick"; As RealClimate notes, the "hockey stick" has been a prime target of the climate "skeptics"

A guide to facts and fictions about climate change

In Twenty Years Ago Chris Mooney notes that the arguments used by creationists have not changed very much in the last 20 years.

Creating a Controversy: Today's anti-evolutionists don't want to abolish science -- they just want to render it irrelevant. by Chris Mooney

The junkman climbs to the top by PAUL D. THACKER looks at more adventures of Steven Milloy

Media, artificial political balance by Dennis Myers

From Tim Lambert:

· Aussie astroturf, oi oi oi

· Biased survey

· Useless on-line survey of climate scientists

· Peiser’s 34 abstracts

From RealClimate:

· Retreating Glacier Fronts on the Antarctic Peninsula over the Past Half-Century

· Pollution-Climate Connections

· Planetary energy imbalance?

· Storms and Climate Change

· Global Dimming may have a brighter future

· A critique on Veizer’s Celestial Climate Driver

· Tropical Glacier Retreat

· Gulf Stream slowdown?

Woodpecker Punditry--Predicted and Delivered! by Carl Zimmer

Cherry Picking the Straw Men by John Fleck looks at distortions by Patrick Michaels.

April 2005

Global Warming Sceptic Bingo from Tim Lambert

We can’t predict the weather a week in advance. How can we do it 100 years in advance? from William Connelley

ABC's Stossel falsely accused Media Matters of "smearing" him, continued to misrepresent facts on global warming also see earlier reports Flouting scientific opinion, Stossel promoted Michael Crichton's global warming skepticism and In conservative NH newspaper, ABC anchor Stossel returned to promoting Crichton's global warming skepticism

Bob Carter on Global Warming by Tim Lambert

Ozone depletion and global warming from Realclimate

Water vapour: feedback or forcing? from Realclimate takes another look at the role of water vapor in climate change.

Tim Lambert, John Quiggin and Immanuel Rant all take on a radio show by Michael Duffy

Misguided "Balance" in Science Journalism by Chris Mooney (PDF)

Scientists Denounce Tactics of Texaco and Its Academic Consultants in Ecuadorean Oil Dispute by LILA GUTERMAN

Doubts about the Advent of Spring from Realclimate. Sometimes the best defense is a good parody ;-)

In Myths of the Near Future William Connelly looks at some of the common myths about global warming. In More myths of the Near Future he looks at even more. He also looks at the claim that GW is caused by waste heat.

Climate Skeptics Split Into Two Factions by Dan Whipple

An Academic Question by PAUL KRUGMAN looks at why there are fewer conservatives/Republicans at universities.

Climate Challenge: Even when administration figures own up to global warming, nobody pays attention by Chris Mooney

[Brit] Hume ignored facts in attempt to discredit climate change report, scientist from Media Matters

More DDT hoax spreading by Tim Lambert

Science Fiction by Ross Gelbspan yet another look at "that book"

March 2005

Mercurial Rulemaking by Frank O'Donnell

New EPA Mercury Rule Omits Conflicting Data: Study Called Stricter Limits Cost-Effective by Shankar Vedantam

An open letter to Nicholas Kristof by Dave Roberts

Spreading the DDT hoax by Tim Lambert

Dreckonomics: Misrepresenting the science of mercury pollution isn't enough for Bush & Co. They’ve got to fake the economics, too. by Chris Mooney

Worldwide glacier retreat from Reallimate

How long will global warming last? from Reallimate

Welcome to Doomsday by Bill Moyers, more on why religious conservatives don't support protecting the environment

Why does the stratosphere cool under GW? by William Connelly

Global cooling, again by William Connelly

Some people have claimed that both sides in the climate debate are equally bad. William Connelly examines this claim with a look at statements by Friends of the Earth and Globalwarming.org

A Clear Skies Smokescreen by Frank O'Donnell

Evangelical Leaders Swing Influence Behind Effort to Combat Global Warming by LAURIE GOODSTEIN

On Another Planet: The GOP’s science on mercury is out of this world. by Chris Mooney

Miranda Devine vs The Hockey Stick by Tim Lambert

An astroturf scientific journal by Tim Lambert

February 2005

Why looking for global warming in the oceans is a good idea from RealClimate

The Charge of the Clueless Brigade by Tim Lambert

DDT Hoax Update from Tim Lambert

Heavy Metal Madness: Pombo eggs on mercury debate with controversial report by Amanda Griscom Little

In Really Bad Science John Fleck points out an error on the "Friends of Science" site.

Hockey team vs Hacky team by Tim Lambert

Dummies guide to the latest “Hockey Stick” controversy from RealClimate

A commonsense look at a global problem by Jim DiPeso

'Fear'-mongering Crichton wrong on science by Naomi Oreskes, especially critical of Crichton's analogy of global warming and eugenics.

Beyond Kyoto: Today’s launch could mark the beginning of the end for global-warming denies by Chris Mooney

In Trying to create mountains... James Annan takes a look at what is wrong with Steve McIntyre's view of science.

The newest reconstruction of past temperatures is sure to stir up debate; see Moberg et al: Highly variable Northern Hemisphere temperatures? by William Connolley and Eric Steig

Fun With Footnotes [in Crichton's State of Fear] by Chris Mooney

The Great DDT Hoax by Tim Lambert, more examples of the DDT ban myth

Climate change: Menace or myth? by Fred Pearce

A Skeptical Blog looks at the world skeptically. Covers a wide range of topics, such as Penn and Teller's TV show.

Novel on global warming gets some scientists burned up by Seth Borenstein

Don't Do as the Romans Do: Jared Diamond's Collapse traces the fates of societies to their treatment of the environment by Michael J. Kavanagh

The Union of Concerned Scientists has released its U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Survey Summary, Chris Mooney reports on the press coverage

Tim Lambert writes about DDT madness

Creation Watch from CSICOP

Checking Crichton's footnotes by Chris Mooney

The Economist on Climate Change by William Connely

Grist has come out with a multi page look at Michael Crichton's State of Fear:

· Michael Crichton's "State of Fear" by Dave Roberts

· Crichton Mad: A review of the distorted plot and politics in Michael Crichton's State of Fear by David Roberts (The best review yet)

· Distort Reform: A review of the distorted science in Michael Crichton's State of Fear by Gavin Schmidt

'State of Fear': Not So Hot By BRUCE BARCOTT

Of course Chrichton may be on to something ;-)

January 2005

The Flat Earth Award lets you vote for your favorite global warming "skeptic"

Clear Skies in Morning, Bushies Take Warning: Bush team pushes Clear Skies, but disagreement over CO2 could stymie the bill by Amanda Griscom Little

Science and Congress by Adam Keiper

In 11 ºC warming, climate crisis in 10 years?

Gavin Schmidt and Stefan Rahmstorf note that the media has over-reacted to recent GW papers.

Discovery Phase: Now, at long last, we're getting acquainted with the new anti-evolutionists. And they seem very familiar. by Chris Mooney

Correcting myths from Michael Crichton

Oil firms fund climate change 'denial'

RealClimate has two items on the latest writing of McIntyre and McKitrick , Peer Review: A Necessary But Not Sufficient Condition II, and What If … the “Hockey Stick” Were Wrong?

Chris Mooney has more on Michael Crichton's talk at the AEI, here and here.

Michael Crichton and Global Warming by David B. Sandalow

Williams page about MBH and M&M

It's an ex-hockey stick by Tim Lambert

In More "Sound Science" Chris mooney notes that Michael Crichton is a strange choice as a speaker on science policy. He also notes that Crichton has been fooled by a conjurer's trick.

God and Darwin, why "intelligent design" is wrong

DDT and the Tsunami by Tim Lambert

Putting Some Heat on Bush: Scientist Inspires Anger, Awe for Challenges on Global Warming by Juliet Eilperin

Who you gonna believe? [Crichton or the scientists] by Dave Roberts

Not a Geologist: Looking at four more years with a president who scorns expertise.by Chris Mooney

Grist has published letters received in response to the article The Godly Must Be Crazy, as well as a response by author Glenn Scherer

Courting Disaster: Bush judicial nominees could shake the foundations of environmental law by Glenn Scherer

In Fear of reason Gregory Benford and Martin Hoffert criticise Michael Crichton's distortion of their scientific findings.

In Copenhagen review John Quiggen reviews Bjorn Lomborg's latest book. He found that while the project was a political stunt, some of the chapters are useful.

The TV show on "global dimming" has caused quite a stir. Tim Lambert and Beate Liepert have posted their thoughts.

Peer Review: A Necessary But Not Sufficient Condition looks at a number of flawed papers that have been used by the "skeptics"

According to this article, climate "skeptics" have been following Sir David King, Britain's chief science advisor, and trying to discredit him.

Water vapour is not the dominant greenhouse gas

Bad Science, Bad Fiction is Chris Mooney's review of Michael Crichton's State of Fear

RealClimate has more on Global Dimming

Iain Murray's Straw Man

Undeniable Global Warming by Naomi Oreskes

Party Girl: Christie Whitman's forthcoming book assails GOP's rightward lurch by Amanda Griscom Little

William Connely writes about Global dimming, also see the comments for The global cooling myth

The global cooling myth

Is Climate Modelling Science? from RealClimate

Attacking the Consensus from Stoat

Chris Mooney and ReaClimate offer critiques of a recent speech by Senator James Inhofe on climate change.

Correcting myths from McIntyre and McKitrick

On Yet Another False Claim by McIntyre and McKitrick

Steven Milloy has made a sort-of retraction (scroll down to the bottom) to his claim that two environmentalists blamed the recent tsunamis on climate change in The Independent, but then tries to blame The Independent for his mistake (see the January 7 news). Read my take on it.

Tsunami blame game

You're a Shadowboxer, Baby: Right-wingers exploit tsunami by accusing enviros of exploiting tsunami by Amanda Griscom Little

Political Science: An interview with Kevin Knobloch, president of the Union of Concerned Scientists by Jennifer Weeks

Global Warming and Eugenics

Getting Warmer is Elizabeth Kolbert's review of State of Fear

In Consensus science Willim Connely looks at the claim that concensus isn't science.

On Hissink, CO2 and conspiracy theories Tim Lambert looks at anther fringe argument.

In Crichton's Unfortunate Influence Chis Mooney dissects a Debra J. Saunders column.

A Straw Man from CNSNews

Milloy Blames Environmentalists First

December 2004

The year of quoting dangerously (Steven Milloy)

Imprecision of the Phrase “Global Warming”

Will-full ignorance

How do we know that recent CO2 increases are due to human activities? (in spite of overwhelming evidence, some continue to claim that humans are not raising the CO2 level.)

The worst argument against global warming gets worserer

Journalistic Balance as Global Warming Bias: Creating controversy where science finds consensus by Jules Boykoff & Maxwell Boykoff

Weather Underground review of Michael Crichton's State of Fear

Michael Crichton's State of Fear: They Don't Call It Science Fiction for Nothing (Actually, calling it science fiction is an insult to real science fiction authors. Its garbage.)

In George Will-misled and misleading RealClimate looks at a George Will column.

In Anti-Greenhouse Argument Hot Air John Fleck has more on Michael Crichton and his use of the Galileo argument.

Fox news gets it wrong

RealClimate points out the problems with Steven Milloy's comments about the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment.

Worst argument against global warming, ever.

Michael Crichton’s State of Confusion II: Return of the Science

Michael Crichton’s State of Confusion

William Connelly now has his own blog that looks primarily at climate science and those he refers to as climate septics..

John Quiggin has more on Bjorn Lomborg.

RealClimate is a new blog by real scientists that conters global warming myths

Mark McElroy looks at Four common anti-environmental myths

November 2004

Tim Lambert takes a look at some interesting goings on at the The Lavoisier Group, an Australian "skeptics" group.

Chris Mooney criticizes Ron Bailey for pointing out the obvious.

Climate change sceptics 'wrong' by Richard Black

Science wars: The election is over, but the Bush administration's battles with the scientific establishment aren't going away by Chris Mooney

No McCain, No Gain: McCain ruffles GOP feathers with continued calls for action on climate change by Amanda Griscom Little

Tim Lambert has several posts on the errors in criticisms of the Lancet study on the increase in the number of deaths in Iraq. John Fleck also comments. It is interesting that many of the critics simply repeat what others have said (the echo effect) and many of them think that they are experts on statistics when they clearly are not.

October 2004

The Godly Must Be Crazy: Christian-right views are swaying politicians and threatening the environment by Glenn Scherer

Deja Hockey Stick and McKitrick guide by Tim Lambert

Envirotruth or Envirodare by Tim Lambert

Just Put Your Lips Together ...Bush admin tries to take the whistle away from potential blowers at the EPA by Amanda Griscom Little

The Politicization Of Science in the Bush Administration: Science-As-Public Relations by Dylan Otto Krider and “Political” Science

From the editors of Skeptic magazine

Bush switches nation's tack on protecting species BY CRAIG WELCH

Pat Michaels’ Kyoto scam by Tim Lambert

September 2004

Techno-Fixing Sea Turtles: How the Bush Administration’s Manipulation of Science is Driving the Leatherback Sea Turtle Towards Extinction by Robert Ovetz, PhD and Todd Steiner

Scientists and Engineers for Change, also see comments from Chris Mooney

Bush vs. Kerry on Science by Daniel S. Greenberg

Beasts versus Man, and Other Anti-ESA Nonsense by Chris Mooney

Character Actors: Environment serving as a measure of character in presidential race by Amanda Griscom

Tim Lambert has more on Ross McKitrick and Steven Milloy.

Bush and Kerry Offer Their Views on Science from the journal Science, plus an editorial by Donald Kennedy and comments by Chris Mooney.

In Déjà vu All Over Again Chris Mooney looks at how papers from creationists and climate "skeptics" got published.

Careless committees looks at efforts to weaken the Endangered Species Act. Additional comments in Getting the right answer for all the wrong reasons

The journal Nature looks at the presidential election

Daniel Davies and Tim Lambert criticize writings of Steven Milloy

Chris Mooney reports on media bias and climate change and has more on the origins of "sound science."

August 2004

If at First You Don't Succeed, Go Negative: Bush campaign tries to trash Kerry's environmental record by Amanda Griscom

Business Week does global warming.

Scientists and engineers for Kerry-Edwards

Tim Lambert takes another look at climate "skeptic" Ross McKitrick.

'Data Quality' Law Is Nemesis Of Regulation by Rick Weiss

In Singer and Michaels pronounce global warming dead Tim Lambert points out the many errors in a recent article.

In “When my information changes, I change my opinion. What do you do, Sir?” Tim Lambert looks at how people have changed their minds in the light of new evidence about global warming.

Fact, Fable, and Darwin by Rodney Stark is a great example of over-the-top anti-evolutionism. Further comment from The Panda's Thumb You just can't make this stuff up:

I write as neither a creationist nor a Darwinist, but as one who knows what is probably the most disreputable scientific secret of the past century: There is no plausible scientific theory of the origin of species! Darwin himself was not sure he had produced one, and for many decades every competent evolutionary biologist has known that he did not. Although the experts have kept quiet when true believers have sworn in court and before legislative bodies that Darwin's theory is proven beyond any possible doubt, that's not what reputable biologists, including committed Darwinians, have been saying to one another.

Kerry is green, but brown is showing by Mark Hertsgaard

July 2004

Crimes Against Nature: How George W. Bush and His Corporate Pals Are Plundering the Country and Hijacking Our Democracy, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr, HarperCollins, 2004.

As a follow up to Steven Milloy's ignorant nonsense about stem cell research, see Chris Mooney's review of Ron Reagan's speech, also see Mooney's blog for much more on the issue.

Convene Green: Environmentalism takes the stage at the Democratic National Convention by Amanda Griscom

Brown and Out: Jeffrey St. Clair's Been Brown so Long slams Clinton's enviro record as well as Bush's by Stephen Hendricks

Climate: The Vanishing Solar Factor by Dan Whipple. Blaming climate change on the sun is a common "skeptic" claim, Whipple says that the solar factor has been overstated.

Democrats on the environment from Mother Jones, additional comments from Chris Mooney.

Ignoring science looks at anther Steven Milloy commentary.

Political Science by Reece Rushing

Panel Debates Politics' Role in Scientists' Appointment by David Brown

Setting the Record Straight: How the White House Whitewashes Its Environmental Record from NRDC

Base Brawl: Dems block anti-enviro Bush judicial nominee, and the conservatives are lovin' it by Amanda Griscom

Boiling Point: How Politicians, Big Oil and Coal, Journalists and Activists Are Fueling the Climate Crises-and What We Can Do to Avert Disaster, Ross Gelbspan, Basic Books, 2004. Grist has posted an excerpt from the book.

The Official RS 2477 Home Page

Premature Ululation: Reports of pending EPA enforcement actions are, shall we say, premature by Amanda Griscom

Chris Mooney writes about Congressman John Doolittle and a hearing on the Endangered Species Act.

From the preemptive strike department Steven Milloy criticizes a speech that has not even been given yet. UPDATE: Chris Mooney takes a look at Milloy's article, while Ken Garcia makes the case for stem cell research.

Bush Versus the Environment, Robert S. Devine, Anchor Books, 2004.

Yeah, That's the Ticket: How does John Edwards stack up on the environment? by Amanda Griscom

John Fleck demolishes yet another attack on the hockey stick

The Bobby Lobby: An interview with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., environmental advocate and Bush basher by Amanda Griscom

Roads to Perdition: Bush administration plans to scrap roadless-rule forest protections by Amanda Griscom

Chris Mooney continues to post great stuff, including press coverage of the UCS report, an OMB Watch report on the Data Quality Act, and yet another attack on the climate hockey stick.

Bertramonline reports that Bjorn Lomborg is leaving his government post and returning to teaching. Scroll down for earlier posts.

Tim Lambert has more on McKitrick and McIntyre.

Chris Mooney reports on a Union of Concerned Scientists press conference.

The Union of Concerned Scientists has issued an update on their report on the Bush Administration's abuse of science.

Bush's War on Science by Gov. Howard Dean M.D. The former presidential candidate weighs in, but also see the comments by Chris Mooney.

Chris Mooney notes that the young earth creationists have produced their own anti-global warming science.

From the hits just keep on coming department, Steven Milloy has found another excuse to attack Theo Colborn and her book Our Stolen Future. For the most part Milloy simply recycles arguments that I have already looked at.

Chris Mooney takes on an item from the Detroit News

Chris Mooney posts his taxonomy of the abuses of science.

The defiance of science

Christian dinosaur hunters dig for signs of Biblical dragons by Marcus Warren, more comments by Chris Mooney

John Fleck writes about another use of the Galileo Argument. UPDATE: Chris Mooney and David Appell have posted comments on the same article. Appell has added even more, noting that the famous Stephen Schneider quote was taken out of context. In addition, the quote is totally irrelevant, Schneider does not have a Nobel Prize, and smearing a whole group of people for what one person supposedly said is simply wrong.

Judge orders review for Western species

June 2004

Terrorist Tree Huggers by Bill Berkowitz

In When Think Tanks Attack Tim Lambert looks at the similarities between attacks on open source software and attacks on global warming and second hand smoke.

Chris Mooney reports on The GOP response to the Nobel Laureates backing Kerry.

Evaluating the Impact of The Day After Tomorrow: Can a Blockbuster Film Shape the Public's Understanding of a Science Controversy? by Matthew Nisbet

Chris Mooney reports that 48 Nobel Laureates have endorsed Kerry for President. The letter can be read here.

Mooney responds to criticism of his latest Doubt and About column.

LuntzSpeak

Common misconceptions about climate change

How the Ozone Story Became a Volcano Story by Donella Meadows

Misconceptions, myths cloud global warming picture

Steven Milloy is up to his old tricks, claiming once again that humans are causing very little of the increase in greenhouse gasses. This article shows why he is wrong about water vapor, and atmospheric carbon dioxide has increased 35% since the start of the industrial revolution, all of the increase can be traced to human activities.

Wake Up Call: Leading scientists say climate change must finally receive the attention it deserves. True skeptics should agree with them.by Chris Mooney

Exxonsectrets.org looks at climate skeptic groups and individuals.

Do the Right Thing: Frist sides with right-wingers to stymie widely supported sea treaty by Amanda Griscom

The Portland Press Herald has an editorial criticising cuts to climate change research.

Alarm Sounded on Global Warming: Researchers Say Dangers Must Be Addressed Immediately by Juliet Eilperin. Also see comments by Chris Mooney.

Energy Kabuki: House to repass energy bill to vex Democrats by Amanda Griscom

Suicide by Pseudoscience is Bruce Sterling's take on the administration's science policy, filled with strange metaphors and other weirdness.

Climate Change Experts Despair Over U.S. Attitude by Maggie Fox

Think Again: Op-Ed Seductions by Chris Mooney

How Green Was the Gipper? A look back at Reagan's environmental record by Amanda Griscom

The Skeptics vs. the Ozone Hole by Dr. Jeffrey M. Masters

The Bush Administration's Anti-Environmental Actions from National Environmental Trust

From the paranoia strikes deep department, Steven Milloy claims that shareholder actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are part of a plan to create a "socialist global economy."

John Quiggin takes a look at the Copenhagen Consensus coordinated by Bjorn Lomborg. UPDATE He has added more of his thoughts.

Chris Mooney takes on a post from FrontPage magazine

The Day After Tomorrow Never Dies: Film plot rings true as NOAA runs up against White House by Amanda Griscom

DAN KENNEDY takes on an editorial from the Boston Globe

Two very different items from the San Francisco Chronicle on The Day After Tomorrow. Keay Davidson points out once again that the movie is scientifically unsound, and is based on a book by two crackpots. Scott Holleran, in a guest commentary, claims that the movie is based on "Hollywood's religion." UPDATE: The Chronicle has published two letters critical of Holleran's bizarre nonsense.

May 2004

Tim Lambert looks at another supposedly independent institute.

John Fleck comments on The Day After Tomorrow

National Geographic has a good article on The Day After Tomorrow.

Environmental Defense analysis of an ad from ExxonMobile about climate change.(PDF)

Pryor Restraint: Sierra Club fights appointment of right-wing federal judge by Amanda Griscom

This very long report (PDF) from Citizens for Sensible Safeguards is another look at the Bush administration's abuse of science.

In Crossing the Red Line Bill McKibben reviews several recent books.

When advocates become regulators by Anne C. Mulkern

Politicized Science by Dylan Otto Krider

Learning from Nonsense? by Chris Mooney looks at the movie The Day After Tomorrow and considers how it should be used by climate activists.

Jay Weaver reports that a government attempt to harass Greenpeace was thrown out of court.

Global Warming Basics from the NRDC

Roger Pielke, Jr.writes about cherry picking

Media Matters looks at climate contrarian Pat Michaels

Tim Lambert has more on Ross McKitrick and the global average temperature series.

Chris Mooney reports on "The First Politicized Science Reform"

Paralysis by Analysis: Jim Tozzi's regulation to end all regulation. by Chris Mooney

Tim Lambert has an interesting post on the "Oregon petition".

The Fraud of "Sound Science": A history of a conservative term of art by Chris Mooney

Mooney has more on Senator James Inhofe (lunatic fringe, Oklahoma) including a new word; "Inhofean (adj): Characterized by intemperateness and extremism, especially in speech"

Chris Mooney has more on science and endangered species.

Romney hedges on global warming by Stephanie Ebbert looks at the governor of Massachusetts' rather odd stand on global warming.

As reported here the latest study of the satellite data appears to blow a hole in one of the climate "skeptics" favorite arguments. Not surprisingly, the contrarians were quick to criticize the paper, as reported by Chris Mooney.

Study Finds Marbled Murrelet in Decline is another example of the Bush administration trying to cover up data.

Think Again: False Objectivity in Science Reporting by Chris Mooney

Strategic Ignorance: Why the Bush Administration is Recklessly Destroying a Century of Environmental Progress by Carl Pope and Paul Rauber, Sierra Club Books, 2004. Also see the Strategic Ignorance site for updates.

Two items from Chris Mooney:

· He takes an article to task for giving global warming contrarians equal weight with scientists.

· He looks at statements from "Craig Manson, the assistant Interior Department secretary charged with implementing the Endangered Species Act."

April 2004

Hatchery Salmon to Count as Wildlife by Blaine Harden

Tim Lambert has posted more on Ross McKitrick.

Pombo hearings start on environmental law by Mike Taugher

Ken Miles posts on an interview with Fred Singer. Scroll down to "A very sad site"

Chris Mooney reports that Senator James Inhofe, one of the most extreme of the extreme, will be receiving a science award.

Tim Lambert criticizes climate "skeptic" Ross McKitrick.

Bush-League Lysenkoism: The White House bends science to its will from Scientific American

Chris Mooney reports on the film The Day After Tomorrow. Although the film is the product of a pair of crackpots it is being used to attack environmental scientists and activists.

From John Quiggin:

· Science vs the Republicans: Part 1 (the US)

· Science vs the right: Part 2 (Australia)

I have fallen somewhat behind, caused by the strange behavior of my old computer and switching to a new one. Here are two very good articles from Chris Mooney:

· Sucker Punch, on the Endangered Species Act

· Earth Last on Senator James Inhofe

Tim Lambert takes on one of Steven Milloy's favorite bits of statistical nonsense.

Congressman Henry Waxman has also criticised Marburge.

The American Association for the Advancement of Science weighs in on the OMB Proposed Peer Review Bulletin

The Union of Concerned Scientists and the National Wildlife Federation have criticised Marburger's response.

John Marburger has issued a resoponce to the Union of Concerned Scientists report, Chris Mooney offers his response.

Chris Mooney reports on Politicized Advisory Committees

March 2004

More on the "sound science" front:

· Beware 'Sound Science.' It's Doublespeak for Trouble by Chris Mooney in the Washington Post

· Bush Ejects Two From Bioethics Council: Changes Renew Criticism That the President Puts Politics Ahead of Science by Rick Weiss notes that the presedent continues to stack advisory panels

· Chris Mooney has more about these stories on his blog

· Meanwhile Steven Milloy has claime that the Union of Concerned Scientists statment is an just an election year attack, and that "If the 12 Nobel laureate signatories truly want to fight the politicization of science, they might start by withdrawing their signatures from the UCS report." Actually it was 20 Nobel laureates, which should give you some idea of the quality of Milloy's work.

As reported by the BBC Bjørn Lomborg is turning up his rhetoric, equating environmental claims with holding a gun to your head.

Wild weather ignites climate change debate is a debate between Plimmer and Robert Watson (climate change)

In RS 2477 reform is needed to protect private property Mark Boslough writes about how an outdated law is used to turn areas into off-road vehicle areas.(politics)

The Pentagon's report on climate change has received considerable attention, including Apocalyptic Pentagon report on global warming could spur action on Capitol Hill by Amanda Griscom and Code Red by Arianna Huffington

Two comments on Steven Milloy's take on the antibiotics and breast cancer study: Junk science, or junk criticism? and "Hi, I'm Steve Milloy, and I'm chronically full of sh*t." which contains some great analysid but is flawed by its name calling.

The Junk Science of George W. Bush by Robert F. Kennedy Jr (politics)

"Phishing" (spam)

A lot of coverage of the scientist's statment. Here is Bob Park's take on the subject:

1. POLITICAL SCIENCE: SCIENTIFIC INTEGRITY IN THE ADMINISTRATION.

A statement issued Wednesday by a group of prominent scientists charged the administration with manipulating the science advisory process to support its political objectives: advisory panels are stacked; those that can’t be stacked are disbanded; reports that don’t reach the right conclusion are suppressed; and questionable policies are shielded from scientific review. Specific examples are in a report from the Union of Concerned Scientists, released at the same time, "Scientific Integrity in Policymaking: An Investigation into the Bush Administration’s Misuse of Science." The statement was signed by more than 60 prominent scientists, including 20 Nobel laureates. The administration response was to trivialize the issue. "I think there are incidents where people have got their feathers ruffled," sniffed John Marburger, science advisor to the President, quoted by the New York Times.

2. RUFFLED FEATHERS: YES, VIRGINIA, THERE IS A SCIENCE ADVISOR.

At least there is a director of OSTP. Could "ruffled feathers" be a coded message? I decided to ask my colleague Prof. Basilisk, the famous ornithologist. Anything involving birds or feathers Basilisk would know about. I found him feeding pigeons in the park. "If a bird’s feathers are ruffled, professor, what does it mean?" He thought for a moment: "It means the bird is sitting with its tail to the wind." That’s it! The wind is at our back.

Tim Lambert has written an update on his post on Steven Milloy, including links to several comments

Chris Mooney reports on a letter signed by numerous scientists lambasting the Bush administration's abuse of science, organized by the Union of Concerned Scientists.

More comments on "sound science" from American Footprint and The Corpus Callosum

Steve Milloy, shill by Tim Lambert, additional comments by John Quiggin and Quiet Indignity:

Unsuspecting visitors might think that Milloy’s site is devoted to criticizing shoddy science, but they would be wrong. If you look at what he “debunks” you will find that the real criterion for deciding what is “junk science” is not the quality of the work, but the political agenda that it might support. Studies that support a right-wing agenda are endorsed, while studies that don’t are harshly criticized.

Junk Science: Judo Chopped? points out that Steven Milloy is more interested in smearing his enemies than in debunking "junk science".

“Mediarology”: The Roles of Citizens, Journalists, and Scientists in Debunking Climate Change Myths by Stephen Schneider

Court and Spark: Bush nominates eco-hostile lobbyist to federal appeals court by Amanda Griscom

In Future Scientists of America, Unite! Chris Mooney describes the blandly titled Science in Policy. The group looks at a number of issues including climate change, tozxins, endangered species and forests.

New topic page, "Sound Science" and "Junk Science"

"Sound Science" and its Antonym from Chris Mooney, includes a link to this great article (PDF, starts on page 11) that notes that most of the time"junk science" is actually a code word for disliked policies..

Several pages from Climatologist Jean-Marc Jancovici:

· Review of the climate chapter in The Skeptical Environmentalist (Lomborg, climate change)

· The Wall Street Journal and the climate looks at an editorial in the WSJ (climate change)

· What was there in the famous "Report to the Club of Rome" ? (A limitless myth)

In Environmental Botox Frank O'Donnell claims that the Bush administration's recent interest in the environment is just pre-election PR. (politics)

UPDATE John Quiggin has added a clarification of his views on DDT.

THE LOMBORG-ERRORS WEB SITE (Lomborg)

In Conservative Lysenkoism Redux Chris Mooney looks at the The House Committee on Resources' "sound science" hearing.

Climate Change Alert by Patrick Doherty and The Pentagon's Weather Nightmare by David Stipp note that the Pentagon is taking climate change more seriously than the Whitehouse is.

Chris Mooney takes a look at the interesting parallels between Tobacco and Climate Science

In Smoke Signals: Global-warming activists can learn from the anti-smoking campaign Audrey Schulman argues that those trying to counter the climate change "skeptics" can learn from anti-smoking campaigns.

Stacking the Deck Against Science By Kristen Philipkoski is another look at the proposed changes to peer review.

The Lawsuit Defense (Fallacies, errors and tricks)

Putting Myths to Bed by Dr Alan Lymbery is the best response I have seen to the DDT myth makers:

Malaria is responsible for enormous suffering and death. The facts are readily available in the scientific literature. To blame a reduction in DDT usage for the death of 10-30 million people from malaria is not just simple-minded, it is demonstrably wrong. To blame a mythical, monolithic entity called the environmental lobby for the total reduction in DDT usage is not just paranoid, it is also demonstrably wrong. Your article is not only poor journalism, it is an insult to the people who work for the control of parasitic diseases that afflict developing nations.

GOP: Defend the land by John Hereford

January 2004

More DDT myths

In How industry hijacked 'sound science' Oliver Houck notes that 'sound science' really means an unobtainable level of certainty, and that the term is used to derail environmental and health regulations.

In Liars! Liars! Green Pants on Fire! Alan Caruba, a PR guru with no science background, well read it for yourselves:

· "What else can you call the authors of an article [actually a scientific paper] in an early January edition of the journal Nature other than liars?"

GM watch has profiles of many of the leaders of the anti-environmental movement. (general references)

A reader has reccomended this page (pdf) which tells the history of Steven Milloy and second hand smoke.

In Advances in Deception Carl Zimmer notes that a leading creationist group attempts to promote itself as the middle ground between extremists.

The American Geophysical Union has issued a press release countering a favorite anti-global warming claim: Cosmic Rays Are Not the Cause of Climate Change, Scientists Say (climate change) The full paper can be found here.

In Sins Of Omission Frank O'Donnel notes that the environment was absent from the State of the Union speech (politics)

Science and pseudoscience by Henry Farrell looks at Michael Crichton's other speech on environmental issues

Argument by analogy (Fallacies, errors and tricks)

The proposed changes in peer review are receiving a lot of attention:

Bob Park mentioned it in his What's New column:

3. PEER REVIEW: A NEW WAY TO BLOCK ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS.

Citing President Bush's commitment to "sound science," a new administration proposal would block the adoption of new federal regulations unless the science on which they're based passes a centralized peer review overseen by the White House Office of Management and Budget. Under the current system, individual agencies typically invite outside experts to review the accuracy of the science. The proposed change would lay out specific rules regarding who can sit on peer review panels. Participation of academic experts who have received agency grants is explicitly discouraged, but there is no equivalent warning against experts with connections to industry. Moreover, the executive branch has final say as to whether the peer review process was acceptable.

A letter from former regulators (pdf)

White House seeks control on health, safety by Andrew Schneider

Peer Review Plan Draws Criticism: Under Bush Proposal, OMB Would Evaluate Science Before New Rules Take Effect by Rick Weiss

In One last time on Schneider John Quiggin takes a look at the famous Steven Schneidr quote that has often been used (usually out of context) to discredit not just Schneider but all environmental activists and scientists. (general references)

Endangered Species Act Targeted by Erica Werner (politics)

The Green Elephant in the Room : Whitman highlights Republican rift on environment by Amanda Griscom (politics)

In Never Mind That Boiling Kettle... Carl Zimmer finds fault with the critics, including Gregg Easterbrook, of a recent study published in Nature that showed that global warming will lead to massive species extinction. UPDATE: Zimmer has added a look at past extinctions in response to climate change.

In DDT, Eggshells, and Me Ronald Bailey, a leading "brownlash" author breaks with the usual "junk science" dogma and shows that DDT and its metabolites did harm bird populations. For more on the topic see Effects of DDT on Birds: Does Dixy Know Something the Experts Do Not? (pesticides, DDT ban myth)

The Politics of Peer Review by Chris Mooney: "Expert review of scientific information is usually a good thing. But as a recent White House proposal to expand peer review of government regulatory science shows, there are big exceptions." (politics)

The Quote Mine Project from talk.origins (quote mining)

The Unadmirable [Michael] Crichton (The Debunking Zone)

Jumping Ship at the EPA: Environmental enforcers get out while the getting's good (and everything else is bad) by Amanda Griscom (politics)

UPDATE: Gregg Easterbrook has corrected one error, but persists in another.

UPDATE for a December item: The CATO institute has issued a particularly objectionable response to the Thomas Karl and Kevin Trenberth paper: Is Science Behind the Times? by Patrick J. Michaels

Everyone who reads Science -- the journal of the lobbying organization the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) -- knows that it only accepts one side of the global warming story in its "Compass" and "Perspectives" sections, and in its more opinionated, mainline articles. Anyone who writes otherwise for those sections gets a quick rejection. That's understandable because global warming is scheduled to pay U.S. scientists about $4.2 billion next year, and the AAAS is just doing its job keeping the customers happy.

Bench Marks: The Bush Administration Packs the Courts with Anti-Environmental Judges by April Reese (politics)

Bush Plans On Global Warming Alter Little Voluntary Programs Attract Few Firms By Guy Gugliotta and Eric Pianin Washington Post Thursday, January 1, 2004; Page A01 (politics)

Two years after President Bush declared he could combat global warming without mandatory controls, the administration has launched a broad array of initiatives and research, yet it has had little success in recruiting companies to voluntarily curb their greenhouse gas emissions, according to official documents, reports and interviews.

December 2003

The environment and science from The Crises Papers (politics)

Foes say Bush plan would create 'debating society over science' by David Kohn (politics)

The Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, which oversees the Danish Committees on Scientific Dishonesty (DCSD), has found serious flaws in the DCSDs handling of the Lomborg case, and remitted it back to the DCSD. This is not a vindication of Lomborg, as some of his supporters are claiming.

The AGU has issued an updated statment on climate change:

Human activities are increasingly altering the Earth's climate. These effects add to natural influences that have been present over Earth's history. Scientific evidence strongly indicates that natural influences cannot explain the rapid increase in global near-surface temperatures observed during the second half of the 20th century

America's war on nature by Robert F Kennedy Jr (politics)

Critiques of the Precautionary Principle by Mary O'Brien includes a look at 5 common myths about the precautionary principle. (general references)

In Abuses of Skepticism Chris Mooney takes on those who use claims of skepticism to deny such things as human caused climate change.

Contrary to what the denialists keep clamming, the science of global warming keeps getting stronger. NCAR (National Center for Atmospheric Research) has issued a press release titled “No Doubt” Human Activity Is Affecting Global Climate, Top Scientists Conclude announcing a paper appearing in the December 5, 2003 issue of Science ("Modern Global Climate Change "by Thomas Karl and Kevin Trenberth)

Robert Todd Carroll has posted a series of mini-lessons on critical thinking

Note: The Skeptic News has not been updated in some time, so I have removed the link.

November 2003

Rush Limbaugh is wrong as usual (Rush Limbaugh, ozone depletion)

Meet the Press: How James Glassman reinvented journalism--as lobbying by Nicholas Confessore takes a look at Tech Central Station, which often publishes anti-green essays. Tompaine.com has published related material, including Think Tanks For Sale, The Anti-Disinformation Society and Steven C. Clemons' Thought Control.(general references, front groups)

The most recent issue of PR Watch to go online includes a look at the Klamath Falls fish kills (general references)

Wetland's End: Bush administration floats new plan that would gut wetland protections by Amanda Griscom (politics)

Just the Facts by William Stolzenburg looks at myths about protecting biodiversity (Winter 2003 Nature Conservancy Magazine)