Bloomberg News is reporting that the state of Delaware (like several other Democrat-controlled states) is filing climate suits against Exxon, Chevron and others.
Willie Soon’s name has been repeatedly used and abused in nearly all the lawsuits by state Attorney Generals (the previous one was by the State of Minnesota, Keith Ellison, June 24, 2020). But this time, it is clear that the lawyers from San Francisco representing the state of Delaware did not bother to be more careful in doing their homework. The highlighted segment by the state of Delaware about Willie Soon while referring to the 2003 paper in Climate Research can be easily proven wrong:
Perhaps such blatant lie is legally actionable? But for now, let us consider another most interesting bit of inadvertent news that was missed by the high-priced lawyers from San Francisco representing the vicious Attorney General for the state of Delaware:
What is fun is that in this case they are helping Willie Soon to expose the whole scam and political witch-hunt that was seeded and initiated by Greenpeace and Climate Investigations Center’s Kert Davies. As early as April 29, 2020, deep during the panic on pandemic, the Smithsonian Institution has removed the offending page concerning “Willie Soon”:
https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/releases/smithsonian-statement-dr-wei-hock-willie-soon
Please see this March 2, 2015 statement by Willie Soon on WUWT:
Well, if Willie Soon had done anything wrong, he would already have been put in jail since February of 2015. But it is a fact that the Smithsonian Institution has found no wrong doing whatsoever. So, instead a nice quiet walk back.
Historians of science will take note of such a blatant, empty, and ugly attack. Perhaps the State of Delaware owes Willie Soon an apology?
AND a corrupt scientist doing good science is still a scientist..
fact and logic matter not funding..
At the risk of tu quoque, the other side also receives funding from Big Oil – Schellenberger mentions it in his book – and wrt Gavin Noisome’s father, interestingly…
Big Oil hates Nuclear, too.
Should therefore all relevant organisations disclose all funding sources as part of disclosure in Dr Soon’s defense?
That could be interesting…Willie Soon sue their asses off?
conflict of interest is a wrong way to solve a real problem..lame science, kind of p value based one..
There’s little reason for big oil to hate nuclear, since very little oil is used to generate electricity.
Much of the power that is being generated by oil (diesel generators) nuclear wouldn’t be appropriate either.
Morality is a trading floor like everything else in the USA. If black lives matter then Chinese, Russia and Iranian lives emphatically don’t. It’s called moral licensing. Because BLM, it’s now mandatory to be energetically racist against the above-mentioned “bad people” racial enemies of the States. It makes perfect sense for the left fascists to persecute Willie Soon since after all racially he’s of the “Yellow Peril”. This selective racism by licensing is the only thing that unites the Republicans and Democrats.
Can you name an actual instance of racism on the part of Republicans?
Not favoring a program designed to benefit a single racial group doesn’t count.
Mark
The political hostility toward China, Russia and Iran steps dangerously close to racial predjudice. I don’t think it is overt personal racism, but unconscious. A lot has been said about the brutal history of slavery of Africans, but historically in the US the treatment of Chinese has been little better. Why does the US openly describe nations as “adversaries”, and bully other countries to stop trading with them? Yes I realise that politically one sometimes needs to play hardball. But why label certain countries as permanent enemies? Is friendship or at least a working relationship with these “enemies of the States” not desired at all, even in the long term? Nikki Hayley the former US ambassador to the UN said publicly that “Russians would never be the friends of America”. Why?
Ah yes, the standard left wing line. Anytime you disagree with a minority, you are guilty of racism.
First off, Russians are white Europeans.
Beyond that, you completely ignore all the bad things that China and Iran have done and continue to do.
As to your historical examples, non-of those were done by Republicans, most of it was done by Democrats.
Why does the US openly describe nations as “adversaries”,
Because those nations are adversarial (some more openly than others) towards the US and it’s interests. duh.
When Iran chants “death to America”, you really think they’re asking to be friends? When Russia is using it’s hacker farms to spread misinformation and interfere in our elections, you really think they’re looking for a working relationship with us?
Is friendship or at least a working relationship with these “enemies of the States” not desired at all, even in the long term? Nikki Hayley the former US ambassador to the UN said publicly that “Russians would never be the friends of America”.
Don’t think your selective quoting went unnoticed. Nikki went on to say: “But what I do think is, whether it’s the president sitting down with [North Korean leader] Kim [Jong Un], or whether the president sits down with Putin, those are things that have to happen,” So despite acknowledging that Russia is not our friend and won’t be, she also stated a goal of working with enemies like Russia (the “have to happen” sit down) is desired, contrary to your false premise. Pretty pathetic of you for lying by omission.
When I grow up I want to be courageous and have the integrity of Willie Soon.
“When I grow up I want to be courageous and have the integrity of Willie Soon.”
Courage and integrity is what we should all strive to achieve.
Its all about the money , law firms chase these cases in the hope of the type of MASSIVE pay-outs that were seen in the case of tobacco which was in the BILLIONS. When take at least a 20% cut of that , its very big money indeed, and hence its certainly worth the effort.
States go along because it does not cost them anything and certainly is one way of saying ‘oh look a squirrel ‘ to distract the voters from their f-ups .
In reality none of these states would ever consider banning from sell these ‘evil fossil fuels’, because not even those running California are that dumb .
If only Willie Soon made all the money he has been accused of making from the oil companies, then he could afford to counter sue for deformation of character or even libel. Or even push for racketeering investigations against the Smithsonian, Dr Alcock, the Boston Globe, etc.