I’ve still not received any reply from Nature Climate Change editor Rory Howlett to my query about why he allowed the term “deniers” in scientific literature (Bain et al), and…
Category: Climate ugliness
Nature's ugly decision: 'Deniers' enters the scientific literature
We’ve known for sometime that there’s an underlying, sometimes overt display of hatred towards climate skeptics. However, it generally never made it into science publications. Unfortunately, the editors of the…
FOI reveals nasty hateful emails sent to Phil Jones right after Climategate
Bishop Hill is reporting that some ugly emails have been published due to FOI requests. He writes: In the wake of the death threats that weren’t at ANU, several people…
Climate skeptic instructor fired from Oregon State University
Gordon Fulks sends this summary of the situation and asks that it be distributed. I’m happy to oblige. For some background on Dr. Drapela’s skeptical views, this slideshow “Global Warming…
A student in despair over Romm's 11°F temperature increase article – if this comment was reversed, it would be called a 'death threat'
UPDATE: 5/30 8:45AM After we pointed it out Romm has now snipped the ugly part of the comment seen in the screencap below, it only took him five days to…
Quote of the week – Death by Coochey coup
The ANU “Climate scientists get death threats” story fabrication continues to unravel. Again, paging David Appell and Nick Stokes, your second helping of crow pie is served. And Mr. Appell,…
'Death threats' against climate scientists story deader still – the source of one of the 'threats' speaks out
UPDATE: Is is now totally unraveled. The person related to the culling license speaks out, see below. I feel there will be more crow pie coming on the menu for…
On the climate, the holocaust, denial, billboards, and all that
Over at Climate Depot, Marc Morano wonders why Andrew Revkin is calling attention to an article linking Holocaust denial to “climate denial”. He writes: What’s up with NYT’s Revkin? He…
Roger Pielke Jr. calls out Joe Romm explicity
Pants on fire and all that – but well deserved. Kudos to Pielke Jr, for speaking out. http://rogerpielkejr.blogspot.com/2012/05/joe-romm-is-liar.html He says it isn’t the first time. It will be interesting to…
Quote of the week – a warm lesson on ethics from the experts
I have to laugh at the juxtaposition of rhetoric today. It’s like a gift from the universe. While Joe Romm launches yet another angry and hateful rant over at Climate…
Climate Progress disappears their own climate ugliness
UPDATE: They apparently had second thoughts. see below. When the Heartland billboard fiasco came about last week, I pointed to this as a previous example of how both sides have…
Heartland's Billboards and Joe Romm's stunning hypocrisy
UPDATE5: 5/5/10:30AM Donna Laframboise pulls out of the conference. http://nofrakkingconsensus.com/2012/05/05/why-i-wont-be-speaking-at-the-heartland-conference/ Instead, those of us who had accepted Heartland’s invitation to take part in its conference found ourselves blindsided – a…
Paging David Appell – 'death threats against climate scientists' story even deader than yesterday
UPDATE: More crow pie is served here Paging David Appell and Nick Stokes – your crow pie is ready now. As a follow up to yesterday’s breaking news that there…
BREAKING: "Death threats" against Australian climate scientists turn out to be nothing but hype and hot air
UPDATE:Jo Nova has a complete and detailed summary of this farce: Pathological exaggerators caught on “death threats”: How 11 rude emails became a media blitz UPDATE2: 5/3/12 Simon Turnill reports…
Why climate science is a textbook example of groupthink
In groupthink, organizations value consensus more than free thought. The emphasis on consensus leads to group polarization, in which a group’s positions become more extreme than any individual would come…
On the plus side, there's no reason for William M. Connolley to comment here anymore
Tom Nelson spots this droll duo: Misc : Stoat The Policy Lass is sick of arguing with stupid people. Anyone who has been to WUWT and the comment threads there…
Climate Craziness of the Week – Forbes Steve Zwick loses it
Wow, it doesn’t get much uglier than this. In my opinion, this is hate speech. Steve Zwick writes in his Forbes column: We know who the active denialists are –…
Facts about the "Forecast the Facts" campaign – they're just another paid mouthpiece of the Center for American Progress
I’ve talked about the slimy “Forecast the Facts” campaign before, where they are attempting to label your local TV weatherperson/meteorologist as a “denier” and pressure TV station management into making…
The ugly battle between rural residents and alternative energy mandates in California
Seems the Mojave evictions WERE to make way for solar and wind projects Guest post by Alec Rawls In 2006 California’s Senate Bill 107 codified a requirement that by 2010…
Bizarre: Carbon footprint used to deny medical visit
I kept hoping that this was a terrible mistake, and that the story would be retracted. Alas, it seems to be be all too real, and an insult to the…
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