re: #34 LudwigVanQuixote

No, this is outrageous bullshit from start to finish. It is also what you would expect from anti-science hacks like the ones you linked to.

Patrick Michaels is notorious for coming up with one bogus claim after another.

More info on Patrick J. Michaels.

Michaels is Editor of the World Climate Report, a blog published by New Hope Environmental Services, “an advocacy science consulting firm”[1] he founded and runs. In an affidavit in a Vermont court case, Michaels described the “mission” of the firm as being to “publicize findings on climate change and scientific and social perspectives that may not otherwise appear in the popular literature or media. This entails both response research and public commentary.”[2] In effect, New Hope Environmental Services is a PR firm.

Michaels’ firm does not disclose who its clients are, but leaked documents have revealed that several were power utilities which operate coal power stations. On a 2007 academic CV, Michaels disclosed that prior to creating his firm he had received funding from the Edison Electric Institute and the Western Fuels Association. He has also been a frequent speaker with leading coal and energy companies as well as coal and other industry lobby groups.