list of global-warming deniers is full of hot air
The mendacity of global-warming deniers is something I've mentioned before (here, here, here, and here, for example), and there is a nascent outcry from the scientific community over the misrepresentation of their work and misuse of their good names. A widely-circulated list of "500 Scientists with Documented Doubts of Man-Made Global Warming Scares" put out by the right-wing junk-science Heartland Institute turns out to be full of hot air (h/t: Plutonium Page at Daily Kos). DeSmogBlog emailed 122 of the allegedly skeptical scientists, 45 of whom have already responded with words like this:
"I have NO doubts ..the recent changes in global climate ARE man-induced. I insist that you immediately remove my name from this list since I did not give you permission to put it there.""I don't believe any of my work can be used to support any of the statements listed in the article."
"Please remove my name. What you have done is totally unethical!!"
"I am very shocked to see my name in the list... the inclusion of my name in such list without my permission or consensus has damaged my professional reputation as an atmospheric scientist.
"Please remove my name IMMEDIATELY from the following article and from the list which misrepresents my research."
I just love seeing shameless pseudo-scholars get bitch-slapped in public; I just want to get a bucket of popcorn and sit back to watch the fireworks begin...