Monday, March 29, 2010

The rickety bandwagon of climate change denial | Open Parachute
OK, this cartoon is lampooning extremest attitudes within the US Republican Party. But I think it is also very relevant to this whole “climategate” hysteria.

Relevant because some of the most extreme pronouncements from climate change deniers do smack of McCarthyism. To be honest they also remind me of the campaigns against scientists and intellectuals launched by Stalin, Mao Zedong and Pol Pot.
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I only hope that we can spend some time investigating these people. What has been their attitude towards revealing their own sources of funding and treatment of data?
"Science"Daily.com - [Enjoy that Easter chocolate while you can, Junior, because Mommy's iPod charger is killing the cocoa trees]
ScienceDaily (Mar. 29, 2010) — At this time of year Easter eggs fill supermarket shelves but pests, disease and now climate change mean that future generations could miss out on enjoying this chocolate treat.
Repower America | [Blow your hard-earned money on a massive fraud]
In recognition of this crucial moment, a generous donor [will Andy Revkin pull out all the stops to publicly expose this donor?] has agreed to match your gift dollar-for-dollar -- doubling your impact. But we have to receive your gift before midnight on March 31.
Twitter / SEJ.ORG: RT @1Sky: Steven Chu will ...
Steven Chu will speak at Georgetown at 5:30pm EST on #energy + #climate. Watch it here, live: http://bit.ly/dkdkBM

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