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Stop this travesty: climate denialist to win Best Science Blog

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Tuesday January 13, 2009 · 7:31 AM PST

2009/01/13 · 07:31

Please take a minute of your day to cast a vote at this poll for the weblog awards. The deadline to vote is 5pm EST today, January 13th.

Here is the brief from Kevin Grandia at DeSmogBlog:

Since it's anointment, the Watt's Up With That blog run by former TV weatherman Anthony Watts has become quite the sensation amongst the climate denial blog comment trolls. And now it seems that the site is about to win the award for "Best Science Blog" in this year's Weblog Awards.

Why Michael Crichton's ban on private jets is a red herring

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Friday March 16, 2007 · 9:43 AM PDT

2007/03/16 · 09:43

crossposted at ecotrope.com

On Wednesday, a debate sponsored by IQ2US was held on the subject, "Global warming is not a crisis". One of the participants, NASA climatologist, Gavin Schmidt, has posted his thoughts on the debate at RealClimate. The transcript is now available for download and a podcast will be released next week. Personally, I am not so sure that the format of this debate was a good idea, given the equal weighting given to climate scientists and professional "skeptics". Nor do I think that this kind of forum is conducive to an accurate presentation of the science. One can talk in bombastic circles about a topic without ever fully getting to the bottom of it in a way that can be done with simple visual examination of the data. A perfect example of this is Michael Crichton's sarcastic proposal to ban private jets.

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