Tagged: Heartland Institute

Sneaky scientists - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • May 24, 2010 •

• climate change,
• Environment,
• Heartland Institute,
• Microsoft PowerPoint,
• politics,
• Sciblogs

This little snippet from  Michael Tobis (see Scientist Sneaks Science into Heartland Meeting). “Apparently Prof. Scott Denning of Colorado State has tricked the Heartland Institute into accepting a talk entitled “Debunking Common Myths About Global Warming” for their annual conference caucus this year. The joke is on them. It turns out that the presentation is [...] … Read More

The heart of opposition to climate science - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • May 21, 2010 •

• climate change,
• Competitive Enterprise Institute,
• creationism,
• Environment,
• Fred Singer,
• George C Marshall Institute,
• global warming,
• Heartland Institute,
• New Zealand,
• religion,
• Sciblogs,
• Stephen McIntyre,
• United States

The Heartland Institute’s Fourth International Conference on Climate Change occured this week in Chicago, USA. It was basically a gathering of activists opposed to climate change science and/or political measures to deal with global warming. It’s worth looking at the programme and the list of co-sponsors. These reveal the nature of the political and ideological [...] … Read More