Some are outright scams while others are legitimate, but make
exaggerated claims about the quality of their products and readership.
Pachauri, who led the compilation of some 2,000 of the world's top climate scientists for 13 years, worked to tighten up the credibility of the reports that guide policymakers and survived a scandal five years ago over
exaggerated claims about the speed of glaciers retreating.
Now that the United States and other countries are finally moving to seriously address global warming, polluter - funded front groups and their allies in Congress are making
exaggerated claims about stolen e-mails from climate scientists in a last ditch effort to derail action.
Lomborg accuses scientists and environmental organizations of making false and
exaggerated claims about the world's environmental problems.
Mathematician and physicist Steve Burnett calls BS on
the exaggerated claims about so called CAGW.
One of the unfortunate side effects of which was that (and this is not necessarily your field's fault in the direct sense) every two - bit environmental activist, campaigner, and pressure group took it as license to fully politicize the science with naive and
exaggerated claims about the «effects» of global warming (apparently it's responsible for everything), or where the «tipping point» was (30 years, no 20 years, no 10 years, etc.) or how quickly we could «de-carbonize» our economy (50 % reduction in 40 years, no 70 % in 30 years, no 90 % in 15 years).
In other words, the climate change denial machine has been attacking the views of mainstream science, not just the claims of environmental organizations that perhaps may occasionally make
exaggerated claims about climate change impacts.
Here, Lomborg will demonstrate how we're often told very one - sided and
exaggerated claims about the environment and climate change, leading to unwarranted panic, instead of rationally assessing where and how we can do the most good.
Proponents of different energy sources often make wildly
exaggerated claims about the unparalleled capabilities of their favourite technologies while conveniently forgetting their disadvantages.
Skeptics made
exaggerated claims about «global cooling,» pointing to 1998.
In all cases, those with a fiduciary charge to protect their investors ultimately resorted to
exaggerated claims about costs, relying on public fear to help slow the rate of policy response.
In fact, when the Department fired five of its debt collectors last year for lying to student loan borrowers, it was precisely because of those debt collectors»
exaggerated claims about the benefits of loan rehabilitation.
In fact, when ED fired five of its debt collectors last year for lying to student loan borrowers, it was precisely because those debt collectors»
exaggerated claims about the benefits of loan rehabilitation.
And be wary of
exaggerated claims about the role of proteins, enzymes and peptides, as often these are just unsupported hype.
Then, most of the popular supplements on the market today come either with
exaggerated claims about their effectiveness or they're literally useless.
But the review panel says that scientists should be careful not to make
exaggerated claims about the medical impact of such research, and funding organizations should encourage more cooperation between basic and clinical researchers to make sure experimental results have maximum impact.
Not exact matches
Though the country's
claims about its technology are often
exaggerated, North Korea's latest advancement in its missile program have drawn concern from officials at the White House, who have said the country is «developing a pretty good nuclear reentry vehicle.»
I could easily see how he said he was leaving her, she flipped out he tried to push her out the door, she falls,
exaggerates, gnarked
about the gun etc etc...... just as possible as the DAs
claim.
But when you start to add things up
about someone who may
exaggerate or sometimes even make false
claims one could quickly conclude there is a credibility problem.
We'll hear
about self - regulation, modified self - regulation, a dab of statute, a slap of law, and advocates of one or the other will make great
exaggerated claims for their position.
During arguments Tuesday, Gassman also told Cooper that
claims about Alfonse D'Amato's influence in Nassau were
exaggerated, noting that he left the Senate 20 years ago and is a Republican while Lorintz was elected on the Democratic ticket.
Dr Gavin Jarvis from Cambridge's Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience re-examined data going back to the 1940's and concluded that previous
claims about natural embryo mortality are too often
exaggerated.
«Population and birth rates:
Claims about decline of the West are «
exaggerated».»
You can read
about a lot of
exaggerated claims or myths
about this kind of food.
While some
claims about the evils of gluten can - and have - been
exaggerated, Factor 75 chose to eliminate gluten from all of our meals.
About Colloid Particle Size - Describes the
exaggerated claims made for colloid particle sizes and what products are advertised using such
claims.
As we all likely know well by now, speakers for both parties during last and this weeks» Republican and Democratic Conventions, respectively, spoke and in many cases spewed a number of
exaggerated, misleading, and outright false
claims about multiple areas of American public policy... educational policy included.
However, the case does put automakers on full alert not to
exaggerate mileage
claims, and to be as direct as possible
about acknowledging likely real - world efficiency levels.
Most reports are just anecdotal accounts of treatment success, so be very skeptical
about exaggerated claims of success and consult with your veterinarian before trying anything you read
about online.
Be skeptical of any
exaggerated claims of treatment success that you read
about online.
While some owners have expressed satisfaction with Science Diet dog food, the brand has recently come under fire for
exaggerated claims and questions
about the quality of its ingredients.
Add them to your pet's treatment plan if they appear helpful - but be cautious
about exaggerated claims for the products.
Some sceptics are even using their press - releases
about «2007 likely to be warmest year», «2009 in top 5 warmest years», to
claim that global warming is being
exaggerated.
Penetrating both the pretense that the consensus arguments are «all
about the science,» and the
exaggerated claims of certainty, is a great service, regardless of where one sits on the political spectrum.
Nothing revealed so far justifies his breaking of his promise of confidentiality, and his
exaggerated (sometimes contradictory, as cited by Steven Mosher)
claims about minor details of writing make him look bad.
I've always been agnostic
about [climate change]... I don't completely dismiss the more dire warnings but I instinctively feel that some of the
claims are
exaggerated... I don't accept all of the alarmist conclusions... You can never be absolutely certain that all the science is in.
I'm interested in the net of all regional feedbacks — global climate sensitivity — and the grossly
exaggerated claims made
about it by fake sceptics.
Noble cause corruption has played itself publicly, for example, by some scientists making statements to the effect that «we need to
exaggerate claims» in order to spur the policymakers to do something
about the problem.
Therefore the PDF Bell curve that Gavin showed in his realclimate post
claiming that 110 % of warming is anthropogenic since 1950, should instead have demonstrated that GCMs
exaggerate warming to
about 150 % of the observed temperatures.
Everything I have read since I began my research in 2007 convinces me more and more that most of what we, the public, have been told
about global warming is misleading,
exaggerated, or plain wrong, including the
claim that the planet is warming (it hasn't since at least 1998).
You certainly will: all of it, at least on the first three pages, concerns bird and bat deaths; most are saying that the
claims of wind power opponents
about these are grossly
exaggerated.
During the segment, Stossel portrayed skepticism
about global warming as just as scientifically valid as respectable scientific research and opinion showing that the climate is changing; misleadingly suggested that projections of the future global climate are comparable to a local news channel's «weather forecast»; and highlighted Crichton's
claim that climate scientists have an incentive to
exaggerate global warming in order to win grants.
Self declared «tort reformists» use
exaggerated headlines
about these rare cases to malign the
claims of innocent victims.
Recently, when I found myself waiting in line at the courthouse registrar between two extremes: one neighbour was seemingly senior member of the defence bar boasting loudly
about the various inventive ways in which he's gotten clients off on domestic assault charges, and in the same loud tone how women tend to
exaggerate claims of assault.
The firm places emphasis not only on aggressively defending often spurious or
exaggerated claims, but also on objectively evaluating the chances of success, so that sound business decisions can be made
about whether to settle the case or proceed to trial.
But a lot of the
claims being made
about the effectiveness of such techniques is widely
exaggerated.
When choosing which agent to work with for short selling your home in Wellington, FL it is very important that you find someone who is absolutely honest with you and will not seek to convince you with
exaggerated claims or, worse, false or misleading information
about short sales.