Michaels has co-published many of his studies with well
known climate skeptics.
Scott also appointed several well -
known climate skeptics to key positions in state government, including to the Public Service Commission, which regulates electric, natural gas and other utilities.
The «claims» come from well -
known climate skeptics such as Vincent Gray, Kiminori Itoh, Arun Ahluwalia, Kenneth Green, John Christy and others.
Speaking of Bob Carter and his article in the Telegraph, he is a well -
known climate skeptic, whose escapades are documented (keeping in mind in the bias of this sourcewatch website, of course) here
It's run by two well
know climate skeptics.
A tenuous connection from forty years ago of
a known climate skeptic with the tobacco industry is enough for some people to reject anything he has to say about the «climate»;
Not exact matches
Trump's likely pick to fill the role of a top scientist at the USDA — Sam Clovis, best
known for hosting a conservative talk show in Iowa — is a
climate change
skeptic with no background in science.
Doubting or rejecting the science on
climate change
no longer makes someone a «
skeptic» or «denier» in the views of a leading news organization.
Doubt in science is generally considered a good thing, so what can you do when you want to make sure everyone agrees with the «consensus» and you have these annoying doubters
known as
climate skeptics getting in the way?
Ideologically motivated «
climate skeptics»
know that these data contradict their claims, and respond... by rejecting the measurements.
This was used by some bloggers to claim that «wind was responsible», but if
climate skeptics are
known for anything, it's for oversimplifying complex issues.
It's being cited by
climate change
skeptics quite often and I would like to
know how much merit it has.
No different than every
climate skeptic on the planet.
In the tropics is wet and dry - / - in subtropics and temperate
climates changes four time a year, WITH EVERY season = migratory birds can tell you that; because they
know much more about
climate than all the Warmist foot - solders and all
climate skeptics combined — on the polar caps
climates change twice a year.
And, since they couldn't confirm or deny, they just accept that fact without any skepticism (and this is why «
climate skeptic» isn't right) and because it tells them what they already «
know», they don't need to look any further, don't need to
know any more.
7:22 p.m. Updates below Quite a few professional
climate skeptics have been crowing in the last few days about a 20 - percent downward shift in the short - term forecast for global temperature (through 2017) from Britain's weather and
climate agency, best
know as the Met Office.
No doubt the «
skeptics» would be pleased by such an «anomoly», using it as further evidence that the
climate models are wrong.
The e-mails, attributed to prominent American and British
climate researchers, include discussions of scientific data and whether it should be released, exchanges about how best to combat the arguments of
skeptics, and casual comments — in some cases derisive — about specific people
known for their skeptical views.
Among the most ill - informed claims of those «
skeptics» is the assertion that
climate researchers do not
know or consciously ignore the fact that the
climate has always changed.
However, since a high proportion of misnamed «
skeptics» are in fact deliberate liars, who endlessly repeat assertions that they well
know have been repeatedly shown to be false, it will probably have little effect on the fake, phony, Exxon - Mobil sponsored «debate» about anthropogenic
climate change.
Among them, Pascoe says, are «General Motors,
known for funding
climate skeptic think tanks like the Heartland Institute in the U.S.; you have BMW, which is doing equal things in Europe, trying to weaken emission standards.»
Milloy's specious argument is a characteristic example for a method frequently employed by «
climate skeptics»: from a host of scientific data, they cherry - pick one result out of context and present unwarranted conclusions,
knowing that a lay audience will not easily recognise their fallacy.
Therefore I am a little
skeptic about
climate models, where a lot of physics and feedbacks are not even
known to any accuracy...
But that will have to wait for other posts, while the basic point comes down to this:
no matter which angle Gelbspan's accusation against
skeptic climate scientists is viewed, it is full of holes.
In reality, the vast majority of «IPCC global warming»
skeptics are not
climate change deniers, which honest, objective scientists and reporters
know.
Even though this series of blog posts concerns a prominent complaint filed in 2007 against the UK Channel Four Television Corporation video «The Great Global Warming Swindle,» my objective is to show how a thorough analysis of any given accusation about
skeptic climate scientists being «paid industry money to lie» shatters the accusation to bits
no matter where the hammer strikes.
As you may
know, the HADCRUT global surface temperature dataset, often preferred by
climate «
skeptics», got increased Arctic coverage in ver 4.
He's a distinct minority in the field, and neither his scientist peers who dispute his findings nor the more polemic
climate skeptics who find his research useful
know what to make of him.
The hacker proceeded to comment on other, lesser -
known climate change skeptic blogs including the Air Vent (run by Patrick Condon), as well as on a blog titled Climate S
climate change
skeptic blogs including the Air Vent (run by Patrick Condon), as well as on a blog titled Climate S
skeptic blogs including the Air Vent (run by Patrick Condon), as well as on a blog titled
Climate S
Climate SkepticSkeptic.
Seems that Muller can't win with anybody; most scientists
knew he was misconstruing
climate science / scientists the whole time, now the «
skeptics» and some of his colleagues think he's misconstruing the other way.
So when you then add «I came to this blog seriously hoping that there was an honest
climate skeptic,» I would suggest that you came here with the intent to look for any evidence,
no matter how semantic, pointless or ridiculous, to reinforce your view that all sceptics are «dishonest.»
The Intergovernmental Panel On
Climate Change, for instance, has sometimes made conclusions based upon the «balance of the evidence» The ideological climate skeptics, (to be distinguished from reasonable skepticism) often publicizes what is not known about these issues and ignores what is known and at the same time has accused those who have identified plausible but unproven risks as doing «bad science.
Climate Change, for instance, has sometimes made conclusions based upon the «balance of the evidence» The ideological
climate skeptics, (to be distinguished from reasonable skepticism) often publicizes what is not known about these issues and ignores what is known and at the same time has accused those who have identified plausible but unproven risks as doing «bad science.
climate skeptics, (to be distinguished from reasonable skepticism) often publicizes what is not
known about these issues and ignores what is
known and at the same time has accused those who have identified plausible but unproven risks as doing «bad science.»
Christy is associated with
climate change
skeptic Roy Spencer, who is is best
known for jointly developing a satellite temperature record.
He also speculated the hacker understood enough about
climate skeptics» previous arguments to
know what types of information to highlight, but did not spend enough time with the file to find all of what would be considered «juicy» evidence.
And moreover cried so long and loudly that even
climate skeptics knew that, as an explanation of the greenhouse effect, it was preferred over the analogy of CO2 as a warming blanket.
However, based on a literature review, Verheggen et al (2014) found the emails of approximately 8000 people, of which approximately 7600 where
climate scientists (the other 400 being contacted because they where
known «
skeptics».
It's hard to
know where this statement comes from — perhaps from Spencer's fellow
climate scientist «
skeptic» Richard Lindzen, who often makes a similar claim.
Widely
known as
climate change «
skeptics» or «deniers,» these individuals are generally not
climate scientists and do not debate the science with the
climate scientists...» — Dr. David Suzuki Foundation website, 2012
Skeptics are winning because the AGW community was wrong to claim that we are facing or will face some grave
climate crisis, and
no matter how many studies believers come up with to claim otherwise, the
climate continues to fail to cooperate with the apocalypse.
I am sure you
know this is ridiculous: none of the prominent
skeptics with whom you associate have this view, which is a fringe position at best, and misses the point: «
skeptics» invariably accept that
climate changes.
I am of the mind that I want mainstream to push AGW as much as they can and prepare for it as much as they can and tell us
skeptics we
know nothing so when the moment of truth comes (which is very soon) we will be able to say we told you this theory was not correct and now is the time to take
climate science in a new direction, and away from this way of thinking, which is what some of us have been trying to do, with so far not much luck.
Skeptics [the only honest kind of scientists]
know that the
climate always changes, naturally.
No, what» s embarrassing is continued use of the term «
climate change denier» with its holocaust connotation, and the fact that all
skeptics and deniers acknowledge
climate change.
It's not that your average
climate blogging bunny does not
know the answer, but rather that the explanation has to be on a level that the naive
skeptic can grok.
Well those who are neither feeding off the AGW teat nor pursuing a hypocritical anti-industry agenda can easily interpret the pause or standstill as evidence that
skeptics were right to be skeptical and that too many
climate scientists have pretended for far too long to
know much more than they actually do.
Every biomedical scientist I
know is a
skeptic on CAGW (note I did not say a
skeptic on
climate change; we all
know that
climate is constantly changing).
One other item, another of the commenter Friends at Gelbspan's Facebook post is Desmogblog financier John Lefebvre, the person owning the private jet that Desmogblog co-founder James Hoggan was flying on when he declared — as I detailed here — that he (Hoggan)
knew nothing about
climate change but felt compelled to start Desmogblog in order to expose
skeptic climate scientists, which he
knew to be liars as a result of reading Gelbspan's 2004 «Boiling Point» book.
Climate skeptics have long argued that these expensive justifications are not scientific at all, and we now
know that this is indeed the case.
I don't
know the nitty - gritty of
climate science well enough to criticize it, aside from Lacis's odd belief that a computer simulation is equivalent to a scientific experiment and of course his bogus conspiracy - mongering about
climate skeptics.
In
Climate of Extremes: The Global Warming Science They Don't Want You to
Know (co-authored with Robert Balling, another «
skeptic») for example, he explained that there is an observable warming trend and that human activity shares some of the blame.