Category Archives: Global Warming Denial Machine

Sea level rise study misrepresented; humans still raising sea level

There is a new paper out in the Journal of Climate which some have hailed as proof that the global mean sea level is not influenced by human activity. However, this is exactly the opposite of what the study authors … Continue reading

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Misrepresentation of leaked review draft IPCC climate assessment report shows intellectual bankruptcy of global warming denialists

“A draft of a major report on climate change, due to be published next year, has been leaked online. Climate-sceptic bloggers have seized on it, claiming that it admits that much of global warming has been caused by the sun's … Continue reading

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"Climate dialogue runs aground" (Al Jazeera, "Inside Story: US 2012")

Hurricane Sandy and other extreme weather events like this year's droughts and record temperatures have made the lack of discussion about climate change during the presidential election season even more jarring.  Why have politicians become so afraid to approach the … Continue reading

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Cato Institute Halloween trick: issues report masquerading as an "Addendum" to 2009 National Climate Assessment

In 2009, a scientific assessment of Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States sponsored by the U.S. Global Change Research Program warned in its key findings that "coastal areas are at increasing risk from sea-level rise and storm surge." … Continue reading

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"Climate of Doubt" -- Money Buys Skepticism

PBS FRONTLINE’s “Climate of Doubt,” an investigation of the global warming disinformation campaign and its sources of support, aired on October 23 and featured a number of prominent faces that will be familiar to readers of Climate Science Watch.  And … Continue reading

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Brief: Cato Institute’s “Addendum: Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States”

Herewith, a briefing paper on “Addendum: Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States,” a climate contrarian report that we expect the Cato Institute, a 'free market' ideology policy group, will release next week.  The report mimics in its cover and … Continue reading

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"Statement on the Cato Institute ADDENDUM Report" by co-authors of the 2009 assessment, "Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States"

Responding to the posting online and expected public release by the Cato Institute of a misleadingly designed 'counterfeit' report on climate change impacts in the U.S., 11 co-authors of the original peer-reviewed scientific assessment, Global Climate Change Impacts in the United … Continue reading

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PBS FRONTLINE – “Climate of Doubt” airs tonight

Tune in tonight at 10 p.m. ET as PBS FRONTLINE investigates the disinformation campaign on climate change. "Climate of Doubt describes the individuals and groups behind an organized effort to attack science by undermining scientists, and to unseat politicians who say … Continue reading

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Cato Institute counterfeit U.S. climate change impacts assessment

The Cato Institute is expected to release this week a report that has been laid out to appear nearly identical to a 2009 scientific assessment report, Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States, issued by the U.S. Global Change Research … Continue reading

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“Greedy Lying Bastards”

A ‘first final cut’ of Craig Rosebraugh’s new film about the power of the oil industry, the global warming disinformation campaign, and the BP Deepwater Horizon oil blowout disaster was screened on September 13 at the international conference on Culture, … Continue reading

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