Category Archives: Global Warming Denial Machine

“Fool Me Twice: Fighting the Assault on Science in America”

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Katherine O'Konski

Shawn Lawrence Otto’s Fool Me Twice: Fighting the Assault on Science in America is a fascinating look at the status of science in American society. Otto’s explanation of the climate change denial machine provides a compelling narrative that places the … Continue reading →

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On finding one's email in the hacked climate science email files

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Rick Piltz

A search of the files of climate science emails hacked from the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia finds Climate Science Watch working with scientists to set the record straight in pushing back on the denial machine.

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Texas state officials give a preview of climate science censorship to expect under a Perry administration

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Rick Piltz

Shades of Phil Cooney. High-level state officials under Texas Governor Rick Perry have censored a chapter in The State of the Bay, a regular publication of the Galveston Bay Estuary Program, to remove discussion of climate change and sea level … Continue reading →

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MacCracken v. Happer: The Real Truth about Greenhouse Gases and Climate Change

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Climate Science Watch

Michael MacCracken In “The Real Truth about Greenhouse Gases and Climate Change: Paragraph-by-Paragraph Comments on an Article by Dr. William Happer,” Dr. Michael MacCracken, Chief Scientist for Climate Change Programs at the Climate Institute in Washington, DC, takes on the … Continue reading →

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Talking about the Texas disasters -- climate and political

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Rick Piltz

“The whole state of Texas is under some kind of weather-related disaster declaration,” we said in a Los Angeles radio interview yesterday. “But part of that disaster declaration ought to include Governor Perry. He’s a disaster.” A year of record-breaking … Continue reading →

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"The Inquisition of Climate Science" takes down the denialists

Posted on September 1, 2011 by Climate Science Watch

In The Inquisition of Climate Science, James Lawrence Powell clearly outlines the climate denial movement that has “duped half the American public into rejecting the facts of climate science.”  His thorough and enlightening text is useful both as a tool … Continue reading →

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Dangerously Unprepared: Congressional Budget Cuts are Leaving Americans Vulnerable to Climate Extremes

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Nick Sundt

In 2011, the U.S. has been hammered by climate extremes, with economic damages by mid-June approaching a record $32 billion. Yet determined Congressional opponents of federal climate change efforts are doggedly impeding Federal activities to inform and engage the public … Continue reading →

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Did Murdoch’s News Corp hack the East Anglia CRU climate scientist e-mails?

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Rick Piltz

Climatic Research Unit building, University of East Anglia Climate Science Watch supports the call for an independent investigation into the stolen climate scientist e-mails at the University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit. As Joe Romm at Climate Progress wrote on … Continue reading →

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Koch brothers turn down Senate Democrats' request for campaign funds

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Rick Piltz

How to interpret this picture? -- Ben Smith at Politico reports that the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee has been soliciting campaign funds from the Koch brothers, famous (or infamous, depending on one’s point of view) right-wingers and major funders of the … Continue reading →

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On willful misdirection from Pat Michaels

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Edward R. Carr

Prof. Edward Carr takes on "Willful misdirection from Pat Michaels (or, more mendacious crap)" in this re-post from Dr. Carr's blog. After tearing apart Michaels's recent post on "global warming and global food security" at Forbes.com, Carr concludes: "it seems to me … Continue reading →

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