Tagged: Heartland Institute

Anti-science US Congressman on House science Committee! - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • Jul 10, 2014 •

• climate change,
• diversity,
• fluoridation,
• fluoride,
• global warming,
• Heartland Institute,
• politics,
• Sciblogs

This guy is spouting a  bunch of simple-minded anti-scientific rubbish. Not surprising in itself – he is actually opening a climate change denial conference in th US – one of the semi-annual get-togethers of climate change denialists organised by the Heartland Institute. No – the surprise is that this guy, Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), is a member of the House … … Continue reading … Read More

Heartland’s Big Book Of Lies About Climate Change cuts no ice, thanks to Don Easterbrook - Hot Topic

Gareth Renowden • Nov 04, 2013 •

• Bob Carter,
• Cliff Ollier,
• Don Easterbrook,
• GISP2,
• Greenland,
• Heartland Institute,
• ice,
• Jason Box,
• Mauri Pelto,
• NIPCC,
• Uncategorized

Over the weeks since the release of the first section of the IPCC’s Fifth Report, the Heartland Institute — the Chicago-based extreme right wing and free-market propaganda outfit that has done so much to promote climate denial — has been trying to get media traction for its latest Not-the-IPCC report (NIPCC: the Nongovernmental International Panel […] … Read More

Denier cacophony escalates as IPCC release draws near - Hot Topic

Cindy Baxter • Sep 25, 2013 •

• Bob Carter,
• Climate cranks,
• Climate politics,
• Climate Science,
• cranks,
• deniers,
• doubt,
• Fred Singer,
• Heartland Institute,
• IPCC,
• willie soon

As governments meet in Stockholm this week to finalise the IPCC’s Summary for Policymakers for its Working Group 1 report release,  I wonder if they can hear the shouting match going on in the world’s blogosphere and in some media. The bleating of deniers is reaching a cacophony. They are rolling out every single trick […] … Read More

Give them enough rope . . . - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • May 22, 2012 •

• billboard,
• Climate,
• climate change,
• climate change denial,
• Climate Reality Project,
• global warming,
• Heartland Institute,
• International Conference on Climate Change,
• Michael Mann,
• New Zealand,
• Sciblogs

The last few years the climate change denier organisations have fooled themselves into thinking they are on a roll. (I am talking about deniers – not contrarians or sceptics). What with the “climategate affair,” the resulting investigations (which didn’t go … Continue reading → … Read More

Heartland ignorant of public relations — let alone science - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • May 06, 2012 •

• belief,
• Charles Manson,
• climate change,
• Environment,
• Fidel Castro,
• global warming,
• Heartland Institute,
• New Zealand,
• Osama bin Laden,
• Sciblogs

You don’t have to hang around the internet for long to recognise the “silo” phenomena. The way the ideological group-thinkers will hang around specific sites feeding their belief. Then there is the “echo-chamber” – the way that bloggers and commenters … Continue reading → … Read More

Climate Deniers make Major PR Blunder - Molecular Matters

Michael Edmonds • May 05, 2012 •

• climate change,
• communication,
• Heartland Institute

Gareth reported yesterday that the Heartland Institute has invested in billboards that stoop to a new low in their attempt to undermine worldwide concerns about climate change. However, due to the resulting negative response both from their opponents and also their supporters, these billboards (others featured Charles Manson and Fidel Castro, while there were also plans to use … Read More

Shy climate denier in ’science team’ reveals himself. - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • Mar 06, 2012 •

• climate change denial,
• global warming,
• Heartland Institute,
• Hot Topic,
• New Zealand,
• NIWA,
• Sciblogs

More information related to local climate change denier attacks on NIWA scientists is starting to appear. The NZCSC (NZ Climate Science Coalition – a local denier group) has listed sworn affidavits supporting their arguments to the NZ High Court requesting … Continue reading → … Read More

Flying pigs - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • Feb 22, 2012 •

• Climate,
• Heartland Institute,
• humour,
• Peter Gleick,
• politics,
• Sciblogs

Perhaps we need a bit of humour in the “climate wars” at the moment. The blog “Climate Scum” may provide some. Apparently it was hacked and an apology from “The Heartlend Insitute” chair, Joseph Bust, was posted. Heartlend apologizes for … Continue reading → … Read More

Heartland Insitute gets mail - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • Feb 19, 2012 •

• atmosphere,
• global warming,
• Heartland Institute,
• List of climate scientists,
• Michael Mann,
• politics,
• Sciblogs

The US “Think Tank,” The Heartland Institute has been getting some mail since some of its documents revealing plans to undermine climate change science and its teaching were leaked to the media. These documents also details some of the payments … Continue reading → … Read More

Heartland’s climategate — and Mann’s book - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • Feb 17, 2012 •

• book review,
• climate change,
• climate change denial,
• climategate,
• global warming,
• Heartland Institute,
• intelligent design,
• Michael Mann,
• politics,
• Sciblogs

The blogosphere has been humming over the last few days with revelations contained in document leaked from the US Heartland Institute. Documents outlining strategy for the promotion of climate denial – both through the media and through educations programmes. Have … Continue reading → … Read More