Climate Scientists at a Crossroads: Muddling the Differences Between Public Engagement and Deficit-Model Activism | Age of Engagement | Big Think

Individual climate scientists have a right as citizens to engage in partisan activism, and some have argued that they even have a moral duty to be advocates. Mandia in addition should be commended for his passion and dedication to the issue. Yet scientists should also be effective advocates, channeling their energies in directions that are likely to be effective, and avoiding strategies that are only likely to sow further polarization and division. As I wrote at Slate magazine earlier this year, climate scientists are likely to be more effective as community-based diplomats than MSNBC-style culture warriors.

The post-election outlook for regional cap-and-trade | Grist

When the national climate bill crashed this summer in a flaming streak of senatorial ineptitude, climate hawks [bedwetters] could take a little comfort in the progress that continued on the state level.

[What if people figured out that Revkin is a left-winger?]:  Should Science Journalists Reveal Themselves?

So I wonder how science journalists feel about this. Do they think it would be a good thing for journalism if they revealed who they voted for in an election?

What about the reader? Do you feel this is necessary? Also, would your perception of an article on climate change be influenced by your knowledge of the political orientation of the reporter?

What about me? Would you still respect me in the morning if I confessed that I was a Republican or Democrat? Would everything I write suddenly be filtered through your political lens?

Lorne Gunter: The latest climate crisis is no climate crisis | Full Comment | National Post

Whereas reporters like Margot O’Neill are placated by such obvious attempts to paper over the flaws in climate science – so they can keep alive the alarmist storyline about how we are in danger of destroying our planet if we don’t increase the size and power of governments to regulate every aspect of our daily lives – members of the public are not. Nor are scientists who have not built their reputations on their ability to paint horrifying pictures of the coming climate Armageddon.

The public is ahead of the politicians and environmental activists on this one. They are not clamouring to be lead to safety because they have seen through the thin veneer of the alarmists’ logic.