How many of us would be willing to critique this white paper as a group and send it in to eitehr Science or Nature. Certainly if 10-20 of us coauthored it, it would be a major slap in the face.
Any takers?? We should have a number of ecologists, but also atmospheric chemists involved. We take each of their arguements, tear them apart. Malcolm McCallum On Sat, October 20, 2007 12:35 am, Kelly Decker wrote: > The George C. Marshall Institute, which has a long history of global > warming and nuclear weaponry science denial (specifically arguing in favor > of SDI or "Star Wars" against the consensus of physicists) has launched a > new PR campaign to suggest that scientists are biased in their findings of > global climate change due to the fact that there is grant monies to study > global climate change. > > The president of this institute, Jeff Kueter, has written a non-peer > reviewed white paper that purports to compile all the funding sources and > recipients. Making the point that ties to the oil companies are often > cited > as a reason for discrediting climate change deniers such as Richard > Linzen, > he suggests that there is a lack of equivalent skepticism due to the grant > money that goes to climate change science. Ironically, this "study" lacks > what all the University studies have: peer review and cited literature. > The > literature he cites include a report of the American Enterprise Institute > and Michael Crighton's book "State of Fear" but not other peer reviewed > articles. It is a common tactic to take this discussion safe outside the > realm of scientific discussion and rigorous analysis-straight into the > public forum. It's pure talking points for those who do not want to see > the > world make headway against greenhouse gas emissions. > > What is most troublesome, is that somehow this publication has been linked > to by the California Climate Change Portal (bottom of the funding tab), > which is a government website meant to aid scientists in addressing this > problem. http://www.climatechange.ca.gov/index.html > > Heads up. > Malcolm L. McCallum Assistant Professor of Biology Editor Herpetological Conservation and Biology http://www.herpconbio.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
