Category Archives: Attacks on Climate Science and Scientists

Did denialist EPA lawyer break ethics rules in his attack on Michael Mann?

Did an Environmental Protection Agency lawyer and global warming denialist violate EPA ethics requirements in also working for the right-wing 'free market' group American Tradition Institute in its inquisition seeking access to climate scientist Michael Mann's email and documents from … Continue reading

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Court rules for Univ. of Virginia and Michael Mann against denialist inquisition - scholarly e-mail and documents are protected communication

A Virginia court has affirmed the University of Virginia's right to withhold confidential scholarly communications, thus ruling against the global warming denialist American Tradition Institute's demand to make public climate scientist Michael Mann's documents and email correspondence with dozens of other scientists during his time … Continue reading

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Michael Mann-Bill Blakemore ABC News interview on climate change and the global warming disinformation campaign

In an extended interview posted today, Bill Blakemore at ABC News talks with scientist Michael Mann, author of The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars, about the global warming disinformation campaign, attacks on climate scientists (from Congress to hate mail), the … Continue reading

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Canada: Entering a new Dark Age for science and environmental protection?

The Harper government is engaged in a broad assault on environmental protection and environmental science, gutting laws, programs, budgets, and research projects. “An Open Letter to the World on the Governmental Destruction of the Environment in Canada,” from a former employee … Continue reading

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Popular Science reviews denialists' war on climate scientists

"How had a small band of non-scientists managed to so quickly and thoroughly  pursuade the nation’s leaders to reject an ever more coherent and definitive body of scientific evidence?" asks Popular Science magazine, in “The Battle Over Climate Science.” This … Continue reading

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On the threat to email confidentiality, Part 1: Woods Hole scientists and the BP Deepwater Horizon oil blowout litigation

What are the implications of telling scientists they should no longer expect to communicate confidentially with each other using email?  The issue is raised again by a US federal court decision requiring Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution researchers to hand over … Continue reading

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On the intellectually empty, politically motivated attacks on NASA climate scientists by former astronauts

With the 2013 NASA budget endangered by upcoming votes in Congress, attacks on Earth Science (where climate research and observing systems are funded) are to be expected.  A denial machine letter signed by 49 former NASA administrators, astronauts, and engineers – … Continue reading

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Virginia Supreme Court tosses out AG Cuccinelli inquisition on Michael Mann

In a victory for university scholars, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled today that Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli does not have the authority to demand the release of email and other documents related to the work of former University of Virginia … Continue reading

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Climate Science Legal Defense Fund: Support Michael Mann

The Climate Science Legal Defense Fund is working to make CSLDF a one-stop resource for scientists looking for legal resources and is currently pursuing several educational and legal initiatives. At this time, CSLDF needs financial support to help Dr. Michael … Continue reading

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“The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars” – and a skirmish with denialists on Amazon

The release of climate scientist Michael Mann’s new book, The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines, led a popular global warming denialist website to stir up some of its followers to go to Amazon and … Continue reading

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