Naomi Oreskes - Merchants of Doubt | Point of Inquiry

This week’s guest is Naomi Oreskes, co-author with historian Eric Conway of the new book Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming. [43-min MP3]

BEISNER: Move over, global warming - Washington Times

Nonetheless, as global warming fears collapse in the face of Climategate, the green socialist machine is scrambling to be ready to switch gears. Perhaps the new rationale for global wealth redistribution and deindustrialization will be preserving biodiversity. It's a good candidate: It has all the flaws of global warming - bad science, bad economics and totalitarian politics.

Issues in BP War Room photo! - pourmecoffee

[Steven Chu in a room with energy-guzzling big-screen TVs, bottled water and other drinks in disposable containers, Cracker Jacks in wasteful packaging, non-locally grown coffee, etc?!]