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Category Archives: Attacks on Climate Science and Scientists
Australian climate scientists targeted by death threats
“Australia's leading climate change scientists are being targeted by a vicious, unrelenting email campaign that has resulted in police investigations of death threats,” the Canberra Times reports. “One researcher told of receiving threats of sexual assault and violence against her … Continue reading
Washington Post editorial: Resist denialist ‘freedom of information’ harassment of climate change scientists
“Freedom of information laws are critical tools that allow Americans to see what their leaders do on their behalf. But some global warming skeptics in Virginia are showing that even the best tools can be misused,” says the Washington Post … Continue reading
Court orders U.Va. to turn over climate scientist records under seal in denialist FOIA harassment request
The University of Virginia will turn over research documents and emails of former U.Va. scientist Michael Mann. Any records the university seeks to exempt from release will be made available for review, under seal, by a judge and lawyers for … Continue reading
Climate Science Watch Update – May 16, 2011
Updates on some areas of interest: (1) America’s Climate Choices report from National Research Council prompts Washington Post editorial calling climate change deniers dangerous. (2) Plagiarism problem leads journal to retract article by Wegman, who criticized climate scientists and questioned … Continue reading
University of Virginia will seek to protect academic freedom in dealing with denialist FOIA inquisition
University of Virginia President Teresa Sullivan says the school plans to use “all available exemptions” under the state’s freedom of information act as it responds to a formal legal request from the American Tradition Institute seeking former university climate scientist … Continue reading
A review of the climate science stolen email controversy, with a few lessons for the future
In “Climategate: What Really Happened?” Kate Sheppard at Mother Jones magazine provides a detailed and well-referenced lookback at “How climate science became the target of ‘the best-funded, best-organized smear campaign by the wealthiest industry that the Earth has ever known.’”
In defense of academic freedom against denialist FOIA inquisition tactics
The American Association of University Professors, the Virginia ACLU, the Union of Concerned Scientists, and nine other groups have called on the University of Virginia to “[balance] the interests in public disclosure against the public interest in academic freedom” in … Continue reading
Climate Science Watch Update - March 18, 2011
Updating a few stories we've been following: Federal government shutdown temporarily averted again with stopgap measure that avoids anti-science provisions; Virginia AG Cuccinelli’s Michael Mann inquisition goes to the state Supreme Court; Climate activist Tim DeChristopher interview following his guilty … Continue reading
Inspector General’s review of stolen emails confirms no evidence of wrong-doing by NOAA climate scientists
At the request of U.S. Sen. Inhofe, the Department of Commerce Inspector General conducted an independent review of the emails stolen in November 2009 from the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England, and … Continue reading
House votes 244-179 to kill U.S. funding of IPCC
Just before 2 a.m. on February 19, the war on climate science showed its grip on the U.S. House of Representatives as it voted to eliminate U.S. funding for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The Republican majority, on a mostly … Continue reading
