Political Animal - Science Denial Is a Large and Growing Problem

More fundamentally, science denial in general is growing like gangbusters on the right, most obviously with respect to climate change. All the denier techniques now in common use among people like Jim DeMint—hysterical accusations, the fog of bogus but science-y sounding data, incessant TV appearances of the few deniers with actual credentials, taking things out of context, character assassination, repetition of debunked talking points, etc.—all these were perfected in the trenches of the evolution-creationism wars. It’s no accident that global warming denial found such fertile ground on the right.

An Influential Global Voice Warns of Runaway Emissions by Fen Montaigne: Yale Environment 360

Fatih Birol: The situation today is, I could say, worse than ever. And I have at least three reasons why I believe so. One is I see the political momentum is not there. And climate change is sliding down in the agenda of many governments, including the governments that have been the champions of fighting against climate change and trying to put policies in place.

IPCC Seeking Expert Reviewers

Via @IPCCnewss: All three working groups of the IPCC are actively seeking wide participation by experts in the review of the drafts, encompassing the range of scientific, technical and socio-economic views, expertise, and geographical representation. The main stages of the review process are the review of the first order draft by scientific experts, the review of the second order draft by experts and governments, and a final round of government comments on the draft Summary for Policy Makers. All review comments have to be addressed by the report authors. 

CFACT heads to Rio+20 to expose UN “sustainability” ploy | CFACT.TV

CFACT’s team will feature Marc Morano, creator of CFACT’s award-winning ClimateDepot.com, Lord Christopher Monckton, and CFACT president David Rothbard, executive director Craig Rucker, senior policy advisor Paul Driessen and our hard-working staff.  Bios and photos are available at CFACT.tv.