Monbiot takes on the climate denial industry
A hilarious accounting of 'Climategate' and why universities need professional PR help.
Wed, Dec 23 2009 at 10:40 PM EST
One of the highlights of my time in Copenhagen was the fantastic panel put on at the Fresh Air studio by climate blogger Kevin Grandia featuring George Monbiot, Naomi Klein and Katherine Goldstein (of Huff Post).
George launched into a 10-minute monologue/comedy routine chronicling how a few relatively benign e-mails snowballed into an epic PR nightmare for two socially inept scientists. The video above is edited down a bit but still captures the tale.
While Climategate failed to have the effect desired by climate denialists at the Copenhagen climate talks, Mobiot hopes that it will serve as a major wake-up call for universities and research institutes — as their scientists become more and more central in the politics of climate change, they will need to start manning up with some serious PR training.
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Comments
Tel
12/25/2009 03:43 AM
For reference, a large poster has been assembled containing emails, references to articles and evidence, graphs, glaciers, background information and comments from people mentioned in the emails.
http://joannenova.com.au/global-warming/climategate-30-year-timeline/
RealTH
12/24/2009 00:03 AM
He can fire darts at so called "deniers" .What about lead authors from IPCC
The fllowing quote has the source.
Scientist Points to U.N. ‘Fraud’ on Climate Change
The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) should be dismissed as an authority on global warming, according to a scientist associated with the IPCC.
In an article that appeared on South Africa’s BusinessDay Web site, Dr. Philip Lloyd, who has been a coordinating lead author for.... More
