Sunday, September 05, 2010

It must be true. The BBC's own boss says it's biased | Mail Online
Two of its own prominent journalists, Jonathan Charles (on the EU) and Roger Harrabin (on global warming), last week broadcast extraordinary programmes on Radio 4.
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And Mr Harrabin mused, faintly hilariously: ‘I’ve never considered myself a climate-change sceptic.’ No, nor has anyone else. But he conceded: ‘I’ve always had questions that weren’t fully settled, particularly about our ability to model future climate given our poor knowledge of some elements of the current climate system.’
Interview with Roger A. Pielke Sr By Hans Von Storch In The Atmospheric Science Section Of The AGU Newsletter « Climate Science: Roger Pielke Sr.
[Q] Is there a politicization of atmospheric science?

Roger A. Pielke Sr. Reply

Very definitely. There is a clear intent, for example, in the climate assessment report process to exclude scientists who disagree with the IPCC perspective from research papers and from funding. This was exemplified in the CRU e-mails, but it is a much wider problem as I have documented on my weblog, testimony to the U.S. Congress and in Public Comments.
What to do with the IPCC : Stoat
Some people still seem to hold the belief that the *next* IPCC report - which will be even more unequivocal on the-temperature-is-going-up-and-it-is-our-fault - will change peoples mind. I'm very dubious about that. For that kind of thing, we have all the evidence that is required (disclaimers: I'm only really speaking about WGI stuff, because it is the only thing i have a clue about, and I'm not saying we should shut down all the physical climate change research. There are plenty of exciting and interesting things to discover. But they won't change the big picture). This is, I think (but can't be bothered to look up) the RP Jr viewpoint: that doing something about GW is a political problem, not a scientific one (in a way that it wasn't in, say, 1990, when the scientific field was far more open).
THE HOCKEY SCHTICK: Is The Sun Causing Global Warming?
Remarkable essay by a climate scientist for an environmental organization specializing in carbon offsets!

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