Scientists: Climate data squelched New Jersey Star-Ledger Oct. 1, 2006 Scientists at a world-renowned climate research lab in New Jersey say their discoveries are being hidden from public view because their conclusions on global warming differ from those in the Bush administration. The scientists, part of the research staff of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, say a spate of press releases as well as a position paper reviewing various studies on the risk...
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Monbiot: Who’s Paying?
When pundits discuss contentious issues on air, they must reveal their financial interests. By George Monbiot. Published in the Guardian 26th September 2006. On the letters page of the Guardian last week, a Dr Alan Kendall attacked the Royal Society for “smearing†its opponents. It had sent an official letter to Exxon, complaining about the oil company’s “inaccurate and misleading†portrayal of the science of climate change, and its funding of lobby groups which...
The Smoke Behind the Deniers’ Fire
It isn’t just Exxon which has funded the climate change deniers – Big Tobacco has also played a strange and disturbing role. By George Monbiot. Published on the Guardian’s Comment is Free site, 19th September 2006 It takes quite a lot to get Britain’s most august scientific body, the Royal Society, riled. But now it has had enough. It is trying to bring an end to a ten-year campaign of disinformation about the world’s...