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Thursday, September 25, 2014

Climate Denial Tactic - Repeat a Falsehood Enough and Maybe It Will Become True

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This page recently started posting a series of articles exposing climate denialism, for example, this one about the kinds of unreliable s...
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Thursday, September 18, 2014

Climate Denial on the Internet - Who are the Deniers?

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Virtually every climate scientist agrees - the planet is warming and human activity is the cause. This is the unequivocal science. Yet the...
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Thursday, September 11, 2014

97 Hours of Climate Consensus...and the "Rebuttal" by Climate Science Deniers

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It has been a fascinating week in climate science, in at least two ways that are illustrative of the public debate about the state-of-the-...
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Thursday, September 4, 2014

The Importance of Michael Mann's Lawsuit Against the National Review

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Anyone paying attention to man-made climate change issues no doubt has heard of Michael E. Mann, a climate researcher at Penn State Univer...
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Thursday, August 28, 2014

The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars by Michael E. Mann - A Book Review

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If you ever wanted to know how it feels to be hunted by a pack of rabid wolves, Michael Mann’s The Hockey Stick is the book for you. Th...
Thursday, August 21, 2014

How to Talk to Climate Deniers

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Talking to climate deniers can be a difficult experience. And yet, scientists - and the public - must talk to deniers. Well, sometimes. Th...
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Thursday, August 14, 2014

Book Review – Galileo’s Revenge: Junk Science in the Courtroom by Peter W. Huber

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Galileo’s Revenge is actually an older book published in 1991, and the author has written several since that time. But it is definitely...
Thursday, August 7, 2014

Is It Time to Shut Down Climate Deniers?

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Recently I asked, " Is Climate Denial Dead? " The answer may surprise some. What is clear is those that deny the unequivocal cli...
Thursday, July 31, 2014

This is What Scientists Can Do to Stop Climate Science Denial in Congress

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As Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) noted in his on-the-floor rebuttal of the ubiquitous science denial of Senator James Inhofe (R-OK), ...
Thursday, July 24, 2014

Does Language Influence Climate Denial?

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The language of science can sometimes be hard to follow for non-scientists, just as the language of all professionals is unfamiliar to any...
Thursday, July 17, 2014

The Role of Scientists in Making Policy

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What role should scientists play in the making of policy that relies on science? Historically, scientists have had a love/hate relationshi...
Thursday, July 10, 2014

Is Climate Denial Dead?

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There has been a trend lately that beckons the question: Is climate denial dead? The obvious answer for anyone who still watches Fox News ...
Thursday, July 3, 2014

Free Science Books

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Physics Database (http://physicsdatabase.com) is making available hundreds of science books for free download. As would be expected, most...
Thursday, June 26, 2014

Does Ridiculing Climate Deniers Work?

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To follow up on my last article, in which I acknowledged the rather obvious fact that Republicans are behind the curve on global warming ,...
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