James Hoggan: NY Times 'Climategate' Editorial A Reminder That Media Have Failed Miserably Covering Climate Science

In fact, there has been a coordinated attempt to manipulate public understanding of climate science, but it certainly didn’t originate with Al Gore or the United Nations. There is vast evidence confirming such a coordinated effort has been underway for the past two decades, led by groups like CEI and others who collect large sums from oil and coal industry sources to manufacture doubt about climate change science.

Overall, the mainstream media has earned an F for failing to expose that very real conspiracy. Few outlets identify financial conflicts of interest when quoting such ‘experts’ in their misguided attempt at ‘balance.’ And fewer still have taken the time to educate the public about the orchestrated crusade to deny global warming by polluter-supported front groups.

While climate scientists have been thoroughly investigated recently and had their scientific findings confirmed independently under intense scrutiny, the same cannot be said for the skeptics who loudly proclaimed that Climategate proved global warming is a myth. [Which skeptics loudly proclaimed that?]

Where are the investigations into the broad network of polluter-funded skeptic groups who make these outlandish claims about climate science without any proof?

[Idaho: Lack of global warming hits black bears]

Now the reason why they are getting to be such a nuisance this spring and summer… Matt explained that the extremely rainy spring and late frost was very hard on the bears. The cold, wet, and all-around miserable weather is a heavy burden on an animal that must constantly eat to survive. Bears lose a lot of valuable calories when their bodies are stoking the furnace all the time and a furnace needs fuel.

Africa - Cold spells trouble for food

Ongoing frosty conditions in the northern provinces have had a severe impact on the production of fruit and vegetables, leading to the possibility of much higher prices for tomatoes and other fruit as lower volumes are produced.

Namibia: Solar [allegedly] ovens can slow climate change

[WAD Executive Director Veronica de Klerk] also made a call on the Ministry of Education and other stakeholders to include climate change programmes in the curricula at all levels of education in the country, to make learners and students fully aware of the urgency to mitigate climate change to prolong the life of mankind on earth.

“It should become a prescribed requirement for all learners who should be prepared for a future world that will be different to the one in which past generations lived. It is thus not surprising that climate change programmes have already been included in the curricula in the United States,” she said.