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A few weeks ago, I wrote that opposition to the Keystone was never about the Ogallala Aquifer. Polluting the water was a simply a convenient talking point that might play better with the American public than the true goal, which is to shut down the development of new sources of North American oil. I got a lot of comments and email that I was making this up, but in fact its pretty clear that opposition to the pipeline pre-dated knowledge even of its route.
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JC comments: I think the most important thing to impart to college students is motivation to learn and to give them the tools with which to evaluate scientific and other controversies. Whether or not we call this critical thinking (which was debated on the climate classroom thread) or something else, doesn’t matter. I also think that high school students should be exposed to this kind of approach to learning (whether or not in the context of the climate debate).
EPA gave Gleick’s group $468,000 in grants | JunkScience.com
Money well spent, we’re sure.
More on Peter Gleick and the Heartland Files - NYTimes.com
It’s enormously creditable that Peter Gleick has owned up to his terrible error in judgment.
The only people I see out there in the climate fight who – as far as I can tell — never admit to an error are people with agendas from which they can never stray. They’re perfect.
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The "error in judgement" made by Gleick may be that he thought he was smart enough to pull the wool over the eyes of the world in order to exact revenge upon an organization he doesn't like - the Dunning-Kruger effect in action. This is pretty indicative of his actions on other occasions, as well, like his critical "review" of Donna's book on Amazon before he'd even cracked its cover. This latest shenanigan is 100% Peter Gleick, which is why everyone thought it had Gleick's name written all over it even before he confessed. It was not a lapse in judgement. It's the way Peter Gleick behaves or dreams of behaving everyday.
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