Heartland: What is Judith Curry talking about? « Shub Niggurath Climate

One reason I can think, that Curry is upset/disappointed is because she holds Heartland to a standard of conduct higher than she does, say, Greenpeace. But why? Why does Greenpeace get a pass at rubbish behaviour? They are an organization with a $270 million/year budget. Surely everyone knows, that for every banner drop, ten hats drop on the floor. In a more general sense, why does environmental activism and science uphold such poor standards of conduct and get away with it? Is it simply because these organizations have worked tirelessly in establishing that accepted norms of professional conduct can be overlooked when it comes to them? Curry doesn’t seem to realize it. Almost no one realizes it.

In the end, I think the Heartland Institute did a great job showing what constitutes passable behavior in environmental activism is not acceptable in the real world.