Tagged: Roy Spencer

Prat Watch #2: the 2011 Climate BS Awards - Hot Topic

Gareth Renowden • Jan 06, 2012 •

• BEST,
• Climate cranks,
• Climate politics,
• Climate Science,
• Fox,
• Gleick,
• John Christy,
• Koch,
• pratwatch,
• Roy Spencer,
• USA,
• Watts

The 2011 Climate BS Awards (where BS stands for Bad Science) have just been announced by Peter Gleick and the Pacific Institute [Huff Post, Forbes]. Nominated and voted for by a crack team of climate scientists and communicators, the awards go to “particularly egregious, notorious, or well-publicized examples of bad climate science that were produced [...] … Read More

de Freitas feeds his students sceptic propaganda - Hot Topic

Gareth Renowden • Jul 17, 2011 •

• Auckland University,
• Chris de Freitas,
• Climate cranks,
• Climate Science,
• Monckton,
• NZ Herald,
• Roy Spencer,
• SPPI

Auckland University associate professor Chris de Freitas has been caught feeding climate denier propaganda to first year geography students. A close examination of the student workbook for de Freitas’ lectures on climate for the University’s core first year geography course reveals that it includes material from sceptic blogs and US think tanks — even a [...] … Read More