'Climate Cover-Up'
PR professional James Hoggan reports on his industry's ingenious tactics for hijacking the global warming debate.
SAY WHAT?: Some people believe the Earth is not in danger of global warming. (Photo: jupiterimages) 
The science continues to point to the cold, hard fact that global warming is happening and will get worse, but the number of people who believe this scientific certainty has declined over the past year, leaving environmentalists and climate scientists scratching their heads in disbelief.
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Al Gore, Weather Whhore.
Desmogblog accusing PR firms of skewing public attitudes is like Al Gore accusing James Inhofe of overstating the facts. Desmogblog is David Suzuki's Suzuki Foundation's PR firm. Hardly an unbiased source, eh?
People do not believe that global warming is man made because there is no credible scientific evidence. All the evidence is fudged, factored and cherry picked nonsense. The IPCC is a fraud.
I agree with Ian.
When scientists say their work is too complex for most people to understand,
When the most common phrase uttered by them is "I believe...",
When they cannot intelligently address EVERY heat source on this planet,
When the science is too complex to model accurrately,
When CO2 is labeled "a pollutant" (how soon will they fight to ban carbonated drinks?),
When I am smart enough to say I don't know,
When the "debate is over" before the cracks.... More
Whether it's health care reform, continuous war or global warming, the problem is the influence of greedy business interests, who are never happy until they've cornered the last nickel.Enter your comments here
Consensus counts with voters, not scientists. The false fear of END OF DAYS is over. Be happy people, for your kids. Why would you hope for this misery.
Have a party and celebrate. Life is good.!!!!!!
Fools who deny science are the same type of folks who thought the Titanic was unsinkable. Party on, dude.
"Fools who deny science are the same type of folks who thought the Titanic was unsinkable. Party on, dude."
That comment is a pile of usual carp from the alarmists , No one said the titanic was unsinkable ( urban myth ) and typical of the alarmists is to name call skeptics and to call them "deniers"
Contrary to the writers belief that there was a concerted PR campaign set to discredit the AGW proponants, , what we have seen in reality is ordinary cotizens who now have a chance to.... More
"No one said the titanic was unsinkable ( urban myth )"
Oh really?
When the New York office of the White Star Line was informed that Titanic was in trouble, White Star Line Vice President P.A.S. Franklin announced, "We place absolute confidence in the Titanic. We believe the boat is unsinkable."--snopes (from public records)
I find your understanding of history to be on par with your understanding of climate science. Isn't it nice to be consistent?
You don't earn the title "sceptic" unless you deal with the actual evidence and offer alternative explanations. About three or four people in the world seem to do this - the great majority of people who don't accept the science around AGW are simply in denial, or misled by smokescreeners (as the book explains). Ask them for evidence and they return blank stares or nonsense. Meanwhile, tens of thousands of scientific studies demonstrate the facts.
Where is the warmist evidence that has held up to time and scrutiny? There is none. If there were, you all would simply present it instead of whining that nobody believes you. I was an AGW believer until the climategate emails were released. I did look at the evidence from both sides. But the models are always wrong. There is no link between CO2 and warming. We have been pumping co2 into the atmosphere like crazy but there has been no statistically significant warming (per Jones) for 10.... More
