C3: Dear Gov. Christie: 22 Peer-Reviewed Studies Prove That Global Warming Is Not The Cause of Increased Disaster Losses

NJ's Governor Christie and other hack, warming alarmist politicians, often assert that global warming is causing climate change that results in growing disaster losses. Unfortunately for presidential hopefuls like Christie, ignoring the actual empirical research is a nomination death wish now that the internet allows anyone to find out if a candidate has gone into 'bozo' alarmist mode.

A Geographer Pushes Outreach Both for Climate Panel and Academia - NYTimes.com

Edward Carr, a geographer at the University of South Carolina, took umbrage last year when the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change urged him and more than 800 other authors contributing to the next batch of climate assessments by the group to “keep a distance from the media.” (That same mailing included a three-page brochure prepared by consultants that, among other things, advised the scientists not to use terms including uncertainty, risk and significant. “To avoid the risk of being misunderstood, avoid them,” the scientists were advised.)

- Bishop Hill blog - Advice to a science minister

(2) always include an analysis of dissident views and how much it would matter if they were right
(3) never try to confine advice to what you think the Minister wants to hear (this is the sin against the Holy Ghost)
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(5) never use scare tactics to try to increase your funding: the Treasury is cynical enough as it is