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Lamar Smith wants politics to overrule scientific merit at the National Science Foundation

Lamar Smith (R-TX) wants politics to drive how the National Science Foundation awards funding to research, not scientific merit.

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CATEGORY: EnvironmentNature

Media Trackers writer ignorant of academia and climate issues, hypocritical regarding ethics

Alyssa Carducci of Media Trackers-Florida and The Heartland Institute revealed her ignorance of academia and climate issues and her hypocrisy regarding ethics when she misrepresented herself in order to obtain information on scientist Michael Mann’s speaking fees.

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Christopher Horner is demonstrably wrong

Christopher Horner must correct his written statements about Michael Mann and the National Science Foundation investigation that independently cleared Mann of allegations of academic misconduct.

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Climate scientist Michael Mann sues Competitive Enterprise Institute, National Review

Climate scientist Michael Mann has sued the Competitive Enterprise Institute and the National Review for defamation over statements that accuse Mann of scientific misconduct and that compare him to convicted child molester Jerry Sandusky.

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Heartland Institute attacks critics, still refuses to apologize for Unabomber billboard

Joe Bast and others at The Heartland Institute continue to attack their critics and refuse to apologize for the dishonest comparison of the Unabomber to genuine climate realists nearly three weeks after Heartland took down the billboard.

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Heartland Institute billboard continues a long pattern of dishonesty

The Heartland Institute’s recent Unabomber billboard and accompanying essay was filled with false allegations and errors, continuing Heartland’s long history of dishonesty.

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Zombie climate emails rise again (updated)

After two years of fermenting in the back of the fridge, the Climategate hacker pulled out a rank and moldy pile of leftover emails out just in time for the second anniversary of the original illegal CRU email release.

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Mann's critics not appeased by NSF investigation, extend unfounded "whitewash" accusations to NSF itself

The OIG confirmed Penn State’s result that Michael Mann was not guilty of research misconduct. So where are all Mann’s critics admitting they were wrong about him?

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NSF clears Mann of misconduct implications made by Sen. Inhofe (updated)

National Science Foundation inspectors reject implications of misconduct made by Sen. Inhofe against Michael Mann.

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NSF confirms results of Penn State investigation, exonerates Michael Mann of research misconduct

National Science Foundation inspectors concur with Penn State’s exoneration of Michael Mann on allegations of research misconduct.

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How to tell who’s serious about reducing the federal deficit

The federal deficit is a major topic of conversation these days, both in the media and around the nation’s water coolers and copiers. In fact, many freshmen Republican Representatives and Senators believe that they have been sent to Congress specifically to shrink the deficit and the related national debt. But it’s become clear to me […]

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Experts say alleged PSU cover up of Mann misconduct "extremely unlikely"

On February 3, an official Pennsylvania State University (PSU) administration inquiry into four allegations of research misconduct against Dr. Michael Mann found that three of the four allegations were without merit. The fourth allegation was referred to a investigation committee because the administrators concluded that PSU faculty were more qualified to rule on the fourth […]

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The Weekly Carboholic: Devil in the ACES details – fossil fuel industry pork

Devil in the ACES details – fossil fuel industry pork Science academies call for Copenhagen to address ocean acidification Permafrost’s complex response to rising temperature Swiss RE expects a wave of climate litigation In any legislation that’s nearly 1000 pages long, it’s inevitable that there will be some interesting details. The American Clean Energy and […]

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