Book Sightings & an Invite to Germany
Some book reviews, an excerpt in The Huffington Post, and an invitation to speak at a climate change conference in Munich.
If You Don’t Believe in Global Warming, the Terrorists Win
A writer fabricates imaginary Osama bin Laden opinions. Then he fabricates imaginary climate skeptic opinions. The fact that they’re identical, he says, proves that skeptics are morally reprehensible “deniers” who should be ignored.
Why I’m Giving ‘The Hockey Stick Illusion’ for Christmas
It’s difficult to read Andrew Montford’s Hockey Stick Illusion book and not conclude that something is terribly amiss – in the world of science, in scientific publishing, and within the bowels of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
The Shoddy Climategate Inquiries
A new report examines three UK inquiries launched after the Climategate documents surfaced in late 2009. Intended to restore public confidence, those inquiries have done nothing of the sort.