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I received this email tip from reader Thomas Bakewell (HT, HT) who wrote: Pen Hadow, of the 2009 Caitlin Arctic Expedition is on the loose again! Here’s the link to the BBC story which is mostly a short video...

We don’t have a “Boy Who Cried Wolf” catergory~ctm l  From Eurekalert  l Public Release: 23-Jul-2017 Taylor & Francis Group l Climate change campaigns that focus on correcting public beliefs about...

Claims that Google Search improperly downranks some websites are frequent but not always correct, and they’re hard to prove even if they are. But the latest available (May 2017) Google Search Quality Evaluation General...

by Russell Cook Imagine a scenario where you believe a lack of public understanding about a critically important scientific issue is impeding progress on solving the issue...

From Physorg and the “if we can just figure out how to conceal the taste with sugar” movement. Context is king when advocating for renewable energy policies, according to political science professor June 30, 2017 by Sonia...

Guest essay by Eric Worrall This is my second visit to the United States, and my first visit to a Heartland Climate Conference. The overwhelming feeling on the first day of the two day conference is that you are among friends...

Guest essay by Eric Worrall The Competitive Enterprise Institute has won a case against the White House, forcing the release of documents pertaining a climate video created by White House Science Advisor John Holdren...

By Larry Kummer, from the Fabius Maximus website. Summary: Here are three powerful insights by Daniel Davies about predictions by experts. He used them to predict the outcome of the Iraq War. This post applies them to the...

This is a guest post by Prof. Richard Betts, Head of Climate Impacts at the Met Office, (IPCC AR4 and AR5 lead author) about Lewandowsky, Oreskes et al’s forthcoming paper, which suggests that climate skeptics influence...

Guest essay by James Sawhill Climate reporting seems formulaic but science authors paste in those climate alarms too. Turns out, it’s not a coincidence. h/t to Robin for alerting us to CRED Effective communication in matters...

Guest opinion by Dr. Tim Ball An important problem in climatology involves determining how many points are required to establish a pattern or a trend. It parallels the societal challenge, how many mistakes before a pattern...

From the you have to see this to believe it department. Dr. Ryan Maue brings attention to this ridiculous photo op outside the Florida Governor Rick Scott‘s office by an activist outfit called NextGenClimate. Unfortunately,...

Two words of the headline are a pun on Liebig’s law, something we covered in the context of another big lie: the “hockey stick”. Steve McIntyre in a post last Saturday writes of Cook’s Fake Ethics Approval...

From the University of Colorado at Boulder Reporters using more ‘hedging’ words in climate change articles, CU-Boulder study finds The amount of “hedging” language—words that suggest room for doubt—used...

A look at who has and who hasn’t gotten that kiss of death in climate communications One of the more common woes mentioned by climate activists that suffer from bafflement over the tenacity of climate skepticism goes...