WaPo : inevitable complex deniers willfully ignorant recalcitrance cynical catastrophic planetary damage drastic Republican preeminent rising seas spreading deserts intensifying storms loom significant risks caused by human activities

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1. Russell C says:

   May 17, 2011 at 6:58 pm

   Predictable Washington Post editorial, and arguably predictable NAS as well that was cited in it – but it should be noted that way back in 2001, the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSIP) bragged about their influence over WashPo reporters at this page http://www.cspinet.org/integrity/wp_letter.html , where the note at the top says “Shortly after this letter was sent, and in response to it, Ms. Spayd reminded Washington Post reporters to inquire about conflicts of interest and to disclose them“. Scroll down to the 3rd paragraph of the letter, and it has a link to a previous CSPI / NRDC letter where they smeared skeptic scientists Dr S Fred Singer with oil industry ‘guilt-by-association’.

   Rummage around in the CSIP web site, and you soon find the source of their oil funding accusations, anti-skeptic book author Ross Gelbspan and the enviro-activist group Ozone Action ( fifth paragraph here http://www.cspinet.org/integrity/nyt_letter.html , 11th paragraph here on the same Robert Balling accusation http://www.cspinet.org/integrity/risk_report.html ).

   Just five paragraphs beyond that last note about Balling, it says this about NAS: “Last year, at the urging of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, Natural Resources Defense Council, and others, the NAS made a strong commitment to greater openness.”

   We have to wonder just how far the unsupported smear of skeptic scientists spreads into the media and these science organizations…….

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