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Category Archives: Science Communication
“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
“Like dentists practicing cardiology” – Climate scientists respond to Wall Street Journal disinformer op-ed. When you’re talking about planetary life suppport, it really matters what your credentials are.
In a letter to the WSJ, 38 climate science experts call down Rupert Murdoch’s newspaper for publishing an op-ed ("No Need to Panic About Global Warming") "by the climate-science equivalent of dentists practicing cardiology. While accomplished in their own fields," … Continue reading
Boykoff: Obama’s rhetoric of ‘clean energy’ vs. the reality of climate change
“What do we lose when global warming and climate change get repackaged as clean energy?” asks University of Colorado Prof. Max Boykoff in today’s Washington Post. “We wind up missing a thorough understanding of the breadth of the problem and … Continue reading
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PEER alleges scientific misconduct at NOAA in lowballing of BP spill rate, traces political pressure to White House
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility has filed a formal allegation of scientific misconduct by a senior scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, charging that he manipulated and falsified scientific communication to policymakers and the public so as to … Continue reading
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NOAA scientific integrity policy, Part 2: Stronger whistleblower protections still needed
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s new scientific integrity policy issued in December contains important steps in the right direction. But while NOAA states its support for whistleblower protection in very general terms, the agency made no improvements in its … Continue reading
NOAA scientific integrity policy, Part 1: Scientists’ communication freedom still limited by Commerce Dept restrictions
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s new scientific integrity policy issued in December contains important steps in the right direction, but Commerce Department restrictions on public communications by NOAA scientists, imposed under the Bush Administration, remain in place.
Stephen Schneider: Science and Distortion
This short film by San Francisco filmmaker Stephen Thomson pays tribute to our dear friend, the eminent climate scientist Stephen Schneider (1945-2010). Thank you to Peter Sinclair at the excellent Climate Denial Crock of the Week for calling this to our … Continue reading
“Fool Me Twice: Fighting the Assault on Science in America”
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
"Climate Change: From Science to Policy" - webcast videos from the 2011 Stephen H. Schneider Symposium
Stephen Schneider Archived webcast videos from the 3-day 2011 Stephen H. Schneider Symposium, "Climate Change: From Science to Policy," held at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, August 24-27, 2011, have been posted online. The 15 Symposium sessions reflected the … Continue reading
MacCracken v. Happer: The Real Truth about Greenhouse Gases and Climate Change
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
