J. Scott Armstrong: WWF Smackdown!

In his discussion on today’s Climatology panel, J. Scott Armstrong talked about the curious polar bear campaign by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).

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HAH. great quote : "Al Gore is the Bernard Madoff of Science. A total fraud."

Alleged human aspects of climate change to be focus of conference at Illinois

Among the speakers will be Brian Fagan, a professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, the author of four books on ancient climate change and human society; Michael Hawthorne, environment reporter for the Chicago Tribune; Lisa J. Lucero, a professor of anthropology at Illinois whose research focuses on the emergence and demise of political power, water management, climate change and civilization; Andrew C. Revkin, the author of The New York Times blog "Dot Earth"; Michael E. Schlesinger, a professor of atmospheric sciences at Illinois; and Dan Vergano, a science writer for USA Today.