TagsTagsRecently I received several emails with links to an article at American Thinker by Gary Thompson, claiming to have the “smoking gun” that disproves global warming once and for all. That’s it. It’s over, Johnny. Time to fold up those weather stations and go home. Except that one of the scientific ...
Global Warming, Science, AGW, Climate Change, debunking, American Thinker
Tim Holmes has an excellent in-depth look at the manufacturing of one of the latest phony scandals in the recent deluge of anti-AGW propaganda: the claim that the IPCC AR4 made “false predictions” about the Amazon rain forest: “AmazonGate”: how the denial lobby and a dishonest journalist created a fake ...
Global Warming, Science, AGW, Climate Change, IPCC, Amazon Rain Forest, debunking
The Daily Mail’s story by David Rose, claiming that climate scientist Phil Jones “admitted” there has been no global warming since 1995, is completely false. Journalism at its most irresponsible. There really ought to be a law. At least there ought to be consequences. The BBC interviews Phil Jones: B - ...
Global Warming, Climate Change, CRU, Phil Jones, Deniers, debunking
Here’s an excellent video presentation by potholer54 that debunks several very common false claims made by climate change skeptics, tracking them back to original sources and showing the deceptive tactics used by the denial industry. For example, the claim to which the title of this post refers (“Has the Earth ...
Here’s an excellent website that thoroughly debunks a lot of the most common talking points endlessly repeated by climate change skeptics and deniers: Skeptical Science: Examining Global Warming Skepticism. Their mission statement: Skeptical Science was created by John Cook, an ex-physicist (majoring in solar physics at the University of Queensland). My ...
The National Right to Life Committee is loudly claiming that the health care bill promoted by Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) would allow federal funds to subsidize abortions. Imagine my surprise, if you will, to discover that this claim is false.
Here’s an excellent site run by retired psychiatrist Dr. Stephen Barrett (whose Quackwatch has done great work exposing many fraudulent medical practitioners, including the anti-vaccination nuts) looking at the many myths and distortions being circulated about the proposed health care reform legislation. Dr. Barrett calls it: Insurance Reform Watch.
Health Care, Reform, Health Insurance, Quackwatch, Dr. Stephen Barrett, debunking
The James Randi Educational Foundation has a standing offer of a million dollars to anyone who can prove that they are able to dowse—the woo-woo practice of detecting hidden objects like water, pipes, wires, etc., with the aid of metal or wooden rods. Here’s Randi’s classic response to a dowser ...