Opinion: A scientist's sting goes awry — The Daily Climate
Peter Gleick's misbegotten attempt to vice-squad his antagonists doesn't make the case for climate science any stronger.
Daily Kos: Hero Scientist responsible for Heartland Expose
Hero scientist, Peter Gleick, a water and climate analyst is the one responsible for exposing the Heartland agenda to spread misinformation and lies and subvert any real action for the climate change crisis. He did so at considerable risk to his career and personal reputation.
A search on Gleick's name at the AP's national site at 11:45 a.m. ET came up empty. This means that Borenstein has not only not addressed this matter for about 18 hours, he also kept Gleick's name (and, upon further review, Gleick's organization, the Pacific Institute) out of his original 1000-word report last week. That glaring omission relating to who obtained the documents and how -- something any Journalism 101 student would know needs to be reported if known -- causes me to believe that Borenstein, who infamously dismissed the Climategate emails showing that globaloney advocates were pulling their hair out behind the curtain because the world wasn't cooperating with their models while publicly insisting on their "settled science," already suspected that Gleick had credibility problems, and didn't want to be caught giving a bad guy credit. This would mean that despite the suspicious source, Borenstein couldn't resist taking gratuitous shots at Heartland.
That's not journalism, Seth.
Peter Gleick Sets Back the Climate Debate - Forbes
As I noted yesterday, many scientists are being driven to distraction by the lobbying campaigns and prominent politicians attacking climate science, and the degree to which the conservative movement has embraced the notion that climate change isn’t just debatable, but a hoax or a myth...
Now it appears that combating this kind of conspiracy-mongering drove Gleick not just to distraction, but clear round the bend.
Extremism in the Defense of Climate "Alarmism" Is No Vice? - Hit & Run : Reason Magazine
It does bear mentioning that the "alarmists" often claim that the shadowy campaign attacking true climate science (it is
"settled") is being paid for by Big Oil. The Heartland documents reveal no donations from Big Oil, and the Koch Foundation (see
Koch derangement syndrome) donation appears to be targeted toward health policy, not energy or climate policy.This is just the latest episode in the sorry and increasingly poisonous politics of global warming.
Court denies freedom of information request for charity body to name seed funder of GWPF chaired by Lord Lawson
UN Warns Of Flood Risk In Eastern Europe
The United Nations is warning that parts of central and eastern Europe until recently paralyzed by heavy snow could face flooding as the spring thaw begins...In related news, the United Nations has donated $100,000 to Ukraine to assist people suffering from the severe cold spell that has claimed some 150 lives.
Most of the victims were homeless people.
Gleick and the NAS: How did become a member? Will he stay a member? | JunkScience.com
Disgraced ‘Deniergate” fraudster Peter Gleick is a member of the prestigious National Academy of Sciences. How did that happen and will he be dis-membered?
As to how Gleick became a member, MIT’s Richard Lindzen described the back door through which Gleick entered in a 2008 paper
What Gleick did was wrong and Gleick not only knows it, he admitted it and apologized, thereby preserving his reputation in a world where everyone makes mistakes, but few admit it.
In defense of Peter Gleick, Muckraker | Planet3.0
[Tobis] Let’s talk about how ill-informed but self-important super-wealthy people with pet obsessions distort the public conversation, and to add insult to injury, deduct the expenses from their taxable income.
If Peter’s acts stimulate that awareness, they will have served the greater good and moved the possibility of rational debate uncolored by oligarchs and their paid minions forward. In my opinion, you should be defending him for taking personal risks in the pursuit of what, in the end, was a journalistic endeavor.
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