Posted in Global Warming on Dec 15th, 2009
There are many kinds of truth. Al Gore was hit by an inconvenient one yesterday.
The former vice president, who became an unlikely figurehead for the green movement after narrating the Oscar-winning documentary “An Inconvenient Truth,” became entangled in a new climate change row.
Gore, speaking at the Copenhagen climate change summit, stated the latest research showed [...]
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Posted in Global Warming on Apr 6th, 2009
In an editorial in the 13 March 2009 issue of Science, Christopher Reddy (Director of the Coastal Ocean Institute of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) writes that “one often-overlooked responsibility of scientists is explaining their work to people,” in order that they might contribute to “sound policymaking.” Now more than ever, he notes that “issues [...]
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Posted in Global Warming on Jul 19th, 2008
“20/20,” ABC’s John Stossel presented the views of scientists who dissent from the Al Gore view of global warming, including two former members of the IPCC – the committee which shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Gore. These scientists disagreed with the selection process of the committee’s members and some of its conclusions. The ABC host [...]
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