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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMeet a Climate Change Denier.....
William Happer is a Princeton physicist and Chairman of the Board of Directors at the right-wing fossil fuel-funded think tank George C. Marshall Institute. Although he has not published any climate-related research in his scientific career, Happer nevertheless seems to enjoy making his opinions about climate science known, as we have previously examined here and here. Unfortunately, Happer does not seem interested in taking the time to ensure that those are informed opinions.
Rather than subject his thoughts to the peer-review process, Happers publication of choice appears to be The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), as he was one of the 16 scientists who recently published a plea for climate inaction in that paper, and a follow-up article defending their previous misrepresentations. Happer has now gone solo, publishing another opinion-editorial in the WSJ with such a Gish Gallop of climate-related myths as to be a truly Moncktonian effort.
Though we will briefly whack each of Happers moles in the post below, one particular myth caught our attention. This myth was also recently endorsed by Roy Spencer in an interview with John Stossel on Fox News the myth that the planet has not warmed in the past 10 years.
http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2012/04/07/458637/yes-deniers-global-warming-continues/?mobile=nc
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Meet a Climate Change Denier..... (Original Post)
MindMover
Apr 2012
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Another climate change denier is Joe Bastardi, someone I used to respect!!
center rising
Apr 2012
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center rising
(971 posts)1. Another climate change denier is Joe Bastardi, someone I used to respect!!
Media Matters took him apart a couple of months ago when Bastardi aired his drivel on FoxNews. (Where else)
neverforget
(9,436 posts)2. They're on this board
Duppers
(28,125 posts)7. They sure are.
And none of them are very scientifically informed either.
fascisthunter
(29,381 posts)3. frauds and dumb asses.... that is all
Swede
(33,257 posts)4. Too bad these fucks don't have their own planet to fuck up.
And leave ours the fuck alone.
limpyhobbler
(8,244 posts)5. The sad thing is their lies have a real effect.
I hear from people all the time who think global warming was made up by Al Gore just to scare us. There are some in my own family. Frustrating.
Ron Green
(9,822 posts)6. Everybody finds a source of income
somewhere...