Richard Littlemore | Science article recognizes [Penn State's] John Mashey

Calling Mashey "an amateur" (which, on the question of climate science, he freely admits to being), Kintisch then looks for some journalistic "balance," interviewing one person who is defensive and critical in the face of Mashey's work (the confused and compromised physicist Will Happer) and one who is reassured and delighted ("hockey stick" co-author and director of the Earth System Science Center at Penn State, Michael Mann).  [PDF here]

From the PDF:

“Naomi’s a friend, and she gets death threats.  Mike Mann’s a friend, and he gets death threats. It pisses me off,” Mashey says. “They get harassed and discouraged for doing a good job for everybody’s grandchildren.”