"rather than deny a false claim, it is better to make a completely new assertion that makes no reference to the original myth."

I’ve talked to Chris, and his occasional co-blogger, Matthew Nisbet (who has a related post here), many times. And while we are probably 95% in agreement on most things climate, I don’t quite buy their argument

"By constantly criticizing and responding to anti-science forces, are we only strengthening and propping them up?"

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I have a story in this week’s Science Times section examining the whiplash created by blow-by-blow media coverage of scientific findings on global warming questions.

Physics & Society, The journal of the 46,000-member American Physical Society, just published “Climate Sensitivity Revisited,” by Viscount Christopher Monckton. Monckton is an avowed man-made warming skeptic, and former science advisor to the late British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

Meet The Press: Interview with Al Gore

Robert Grumbine has a series of posts with thoughts about climate change and what a non-expert can do to get properly informed:

Iain Murray, Senior Fellow of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, outlines his three step strategy to address global warming that he calls the conservative approach.