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Michael Mann: It’s Open Season on Climate Scientists

Michael Mann: It’s Open Season on Climate Scientists

I coined the term “Serengeti Strategy” in my 2012 book The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars. It’s meant to describe how industry special interests and their patrons in power single out individual researchers or teams of scientists for attack, in much the same way lions of the Serengeti single out an individual zebra from […]

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    Court Rules Climate Scientist Can Pursue Defamation Claims Against Critics

    Court Rules Climate Scientist Can Pursue Defamation Claims Against Critics

    Leading climate scientist Michael Mann will see his defamation lawsuit against writers who called him the “Jerry Sandusky of climate science,” amongst other accusations, move forward thanks to an appeals court ruling on Thursday. Mann is the director of the Earth System Science Center at Pennsylvania State University and is well-known for his iconic “hockey […]

    Unprecedented ‘Super Fires’ Devastate Smoky Mountains, Death Toll Climbs to 11

    Unprecedented ‘Super Fires’ Devastate Smoky Mountains, Death Toll Climbs to 11

    Wildfires have devastated eastern Tennessee. The blaze has claimed 11 lives, forced about 14,000 people to evacuate and destroyed hundreds of buildings in Sevier County. Due to continued erratic winds, the fires are very unpredictable and more fire growth is expected. pic.twitter.com/BYd9ANQeT4 — GreatSmokyNPS (@GreatSmokyNPS) November 29, 2016 The wildfires started Sunday from the Great […]

    ‘Shockingly Stupid’: Trump to Eliminate NASA Climate Research

    ‘Shockingly Stupid’: Trump to Eliminate NASA Climate Research

    By Nika Knight President-elect Donald Trump plans to entirely eliminate all climate research at NASA, a move that climate scientists warn will send us back to the “dark ages.” Trump instead plans to devote more funds toward exploring deep space. NASA launched its Atmospheric Infrared Sounder, or AIRS, project in 2002. It was designed to […]

    16 Climate Scientists React to Donald Trump’s Victory

    16 Climate Scientists React to Donald Trump’s Victory

    In what’s widely being described as the most shocking upset in U.S. election history, Donald J. Trump has beaten Hillary Clinton to become the 45th president of the U.S. 'Trump's Election Is a Disaster' by @StefanieSpear of @EcoWatch: https://t.co/jjnWs7tWQX#GameOverForClimate — Prof Michael E. Mann (@MichaelEMann) November 9, 2016 As one of the world’s largest greenhouse […]

    ‘Trump’s Election Is a Disaster’

    ‘Trump’s Election Is a Disaster’

    Totally freaked out is the best way I can explain how I’m feeling right now knowing Donald Trump has won the presidency. Yes, the billionaire television personality who denies climate change, has ties to the Dakota Access Pipeline, and has promised to “renegotiate” the Paris agreement and completely dismantle the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, will […]

    7 Key Scenes in Leonardo DiCaprio’s Climate Film ‘Before the Flood’

    7 Key Scenes in Leonardo DiCaprio’s Climate Film ‘Before the Flood’

    By Leo Hickman Before the Flood, a new feature-length documentary presented and produced by Leonardo DiCaprio, is released in cinemas today. The Oscar-winning actor and environmentalist has spent the past three years asking a wide variety of people around the world about climate change. His collection of interviews in the film—ranging from President Obama and […]

    Climate Denier Ted Cruz Debunked Again

    Climate Denier Ted Cruz Debunked Again

    Climate-denying arguments by Ted Cruz at a Senate committee hearing last year have been soundly debunked by a new study published in the Journal of Climate. Testimony at the hearing attacked climate change by using cherry-picked satellite temperature data allegedly inconsistent with global warming. The paper found errors in this analysis that refutes the bogus […]