British Journalist Melanie Phillips: Environmentalists ‘Wrench’ Evidence to Fit Climate Conclusions | NewsBusters

Phillips concluded that environmentalists and global warming enthusiasts “start with a conclusion” and then “wrench” the evidence to fit their theory.

A few callers asked for her to expand on her global warming doubts more because they thought she was wrong in her belief that global warming doesn’t exist. Phillips responded every time by stating that she would believe in global warming, too, if she only had the information that the media gives out. She pushed herself to go beyond that, however, and she had reached far different conclusions.

Big Chill Damaging Grain Crops in the US

straight from MANY horses’ mouths.. the impact of the prolonged cold weather is being discussed here on Agweb by farmers.. please check it out.

Glaciers Growing in Alaska

5 May 2013 – I just got word from my friend in Alaska that it snowed 8-10 feet in the last week on Thompson Pass in the Chugach Range.

Oh, and Alyeska Resort reported 60 feet of snowfall this season. Looks like those Chugach glaciers will continue advancing.

Genie Scott on Denial | Planet3.0

There’s a newly released hour-long video lecture from Genie Scott of the National Center for Science Education: Denialism of Climate Change and Evolution. She explores the connections, the similarities, and the divergent ideologies.

She’s casting around for a non-insulting noun to describe the position, saying “skeptics is taken”. I like “naysayers”.