15 Climate Change Villians

01-07-2010, 02:49 PM

Frank K
Colorado Springs, CO
Posts: 73

Reference: Alternet, The 15 Most Heinous Climate Villians, Jan 6, 2010

Michael Roddy and Ian Murphy of the Buffalo Beast have listed the 15 most heinous climate villians.

Heading the list is Don Blakenship of Massey Energy, the king of mountain top leveling. Blankenship is noted for his behind the scenes intervention to get an unfavorable court ruling reversed.

George Will the columnist is No 2 for his inaccurate reporting of climate change issues.

Senator James Inhofe of Oklahoma is No. 3 for his disregard for all facts. He is a lifetime recipient of the Twelve Dumbest Members of Congress Award.

Steve Milloy, founder of junkscience.com is No. 4, for believing that "science favoring tobacco or oil companies is “sound science,” and the peer-reviewed stuff coming from nerds in lab coats is “junk science.”"

Fred Singer is No. 5 for "pimping his PhD credentials to any and every industry in need of phony science."

There are ten more, but you need to read the article...

01-15-2010, 12:47 PM

Pulkit
Coppell, TX
Posts: 31

I think that it is particularly interesting that George Will is such an opponent to climate change. He has branded himself as a conservative intellectual, one who is not based on radicalized ideology, but rather on sound practical logic. This contradicts this image of him because he has joined that fringe group of people who deny the vast majority of the scientific base saying that anthropogenic global warming is real.