George Monbiot – Plutocracy, Pure and Simple

The money wins....The first task of all democrats must be to demand that any group, of any complexion, seeking to effect political change should reveal its funders.

Scientific American Loses Their Fact Checker | Real Science

Temperatures are below Hansen’s zero emissions Scenario C, and sea level has been falling for several years. Scientific American interviews Michael Mann, prints his spectacular lies, and does no fact checking.

Peter Gleick is Still a Good Scientist | Planet3.0

[Rob Jacob] If Dr. Gleick committed some kind of ethical lapse in his journalism exploits, that shouldn’t have any impact on his standing as a scientist.

The morality of unmasking Heartland

[Well-funded climate hoax promoter Stephan Lewandowsky] In the real world, the number of weather-related natural disasters has tripled in the last 30 years, and the World Health Organization estimates that 150,000 people are already dying annually from the effects of climate change. In reality, many of the IPCC’s 2007 predictions have been found to be overly conservative rather than alarmist....

Revealing to the public the active, vicious, and well-funded campaign of denial that seeks to delay action against climate change likely constitutes a classic public good.

A Weird Guy | Real Science

Droughts come and go. Did Gleick imagine that he had the power to stop them? What kind of raving lunatic would believe that?