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Competitive Enterprise Institute Environmental scientists are becoming so obsessed with the righteousness of their cause that they are damning those who wish to use science as an objective tool in public policy decisions. It is nonsense because it exaggerates the benefits and underestimates the risks of alarmism. Scientists who argue for alarmism, on the whole, are not very bad men but the course of action they propose is very bad indeed - for science, for scientists and for society as a whole. www.cei.org /gencon/019,03668.cfm   (699 words)

OpinionJournal - Extra Ambiguous scientific statements about climate are hyped by those with a vested interest in alarm, thus raising the political stakes for policy makers who provide funds for more science research to feed more alarm to increase the political stakes. Indeed, the success of climate alarmism can be counted in the increased federal spending on climate research from a few hundred million dollars pre-1990 to $1.7 billion today. Scientists who dissent from the alarmism have seen their grant funds disappear, their work derided, and themselves libeled as industry stooges, scientific hacks or worse. www.opinionjournal.com /extra/?id=110008220   (1273 words)

Indefinite Articles: Right-Wing Alarmism Vs. Left-Wing Alarmism Note that I'm not implying that the right-wing alarmism is justified, or warranted. But I do get a sense that the left wing alarmism seems to be less accurate than right-wing alarmism.... That, in turn, got me thinking about Matt's point that right-wing alarmism is often correct. www.undefined.com /ia/archives/2005/04/rightwing_alarm.html   (488 words)

Energy Realism Overtaking Energy Alarmism - by Robert Bradley - The Heartland Institute Hollander is professor emeritus of energy and resources at the University of California at Berkeley, a bastion of energy and climate alarmism. The sixth, and by no means least important, trend causing the country’s movement away from energy alarmism is the intellectual left’s overall shift toward the center, in a quest for policy relevance. By engaging in climate alarmism, European-based major oil companies have given false sanction to the intellectual and political left and opened themselves to charges of “greenwashing” given their massive, growing hydrocarbon operations. www.heartland.org /Article.cfm?artId=12893   (2219 words)

Errors in IPCC climate science » Blog Archive » US Senate Majority Press Release slams “global ... Scientific studies that debunk the dire predictions of human-caused global warming have continued to accumulate and many believe the new science is shattering the media-promoted scientific “consensus” on climate alarmism. As all of this new data debunking climate alarmism mounts, the mainstream media chooses to ignore it and instead focus on the dire predictions of the number-one global warming media darling, NASA’s James Hansen. The global warming alarmists know their science is speculative at best and their desperation grows each day as it becomes more and more obvious that many of the nations that ratified the woeful Kyoto Protocol are failing to comply,” Senator Inhofe said last week. www.warwickhughes.com /blog/?p=67   (3063 words)

Cold media spin cycle: A challenge to journalists who cover global warming Recently, advocates of alarmism have grown increasingly desperate to try to convince the public that global warming is the greatest moral issue of our generation. ABC News put forth its best effort to secure its standing as an advocate for climate alarmism when the network put out a call for people to submit their anecdotal global warming horror stories in June for use in a future news segment. Peiser also pointed out that less than two percent of the climate studies in the survey actually endorsed the so-called "consensus view" that human activity is driving global warming and some of the studies actually opposed that view. www.canadafreepress.com /2006/tgr092606.htm   (5792 words)

Charlotte Observer | 10/11/2006 | Skeptic warns of climate 'alarmism' The planet's growing hot under the collar, the seas are angry with hurricanes and worse is on the way, many scientists believe. Don't bet on it, reassures Richard Lindzen, a skeptic of global warming "alarmism" who spoke Tuesday at Discovery Place. Lindzen, a professor of atmospheric sciences at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, agrees that global temperatures have risen about 1 degree in the past century. www.charlotte.com /mld/charlotte/news/15728418.htm   (228 words)

The Commons Blog: Environmental Alarmism Archives In a Parthian shot at President Bush, soon to be (thankfully) ex-Chancellor, Gerhard Schroeder, is quoted as saying in a speech to trade unionists, "I can think of a recent disaster that shows what happens when a country neglects its duties of state towards its people... There is also a valuable essay by the author on the dangers of politicized science and a very useful bibilography of scholarly articles on science, fear and global warming. In response to the last question, he reiterates that the election is of paramount imporatance, and that he's "dropped everything" to ensure that "democracy wins" in the election. www.commonsblog.com /archives/cat_environmental_alarmism.php   (10746 words)

More Thoughts on Alarmism | Organic Matter Yesterday I posted a link to Nick Kristof’s op-ed on alarmism in the environmental movement. I agree with the spirit of the piece, if not the tone, and I certainly wasn’t bothered as much as a lot of other people. Unfortunately though, we cannot expect media coverage of science to change, so regardless of whose “fault” the problem is, it’s up to the environmental movement to fix it. www.organicmatter.net /node/45   (677 words)

Alarmism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Y2K bug causing breakdown of the world's computer systems. The accusation of alarmism is not always correct; if one had said in 1933 that Adolf Hitler posed a threat to all of Europe, one might have been accused of alarmism. The accusation is proven false if the warning comes true. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alarmism   (305 words)

Alarmism Not the Answer - by Jay Lehr, Ph.D. - The Heartland Institute Alarmism Not the Answer - by Jay Lehr, Ph.D. - The Heartland Institute "A recurrent pattern of history has been for civilizations to take root while the weather is good, only to fall when the weather suddenly changes." Linden's alarmism is irresponsible, unwarranted, and based on dubious assumptions. Linden writes that 2005 was the hottest year on record, when in fact hi-tech satellite temperature data taken from the upper atmosphere confirm this is not the case. www.heartland.org /Article.cfm?artId=19367   (224 words)

Liberal Hysteria - Hot and Cold Running Alarmism - Sean Hannity Discussion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) Every now and again, the myth that "we shouldn't believe global warming predictions now, because in the 1970's they were predicting an ice age and/or cooling" surfaces. It's not whether Global Warming is or is not true, but the attempt to use it to solely bash the US and its economy, exempting natural phenomena, and exempting the entire Third World, most of Europe and Africa from any responsibilities for it, that render it a wacko movement unworthy of belief and support. I had to stop at these sentences: "The idea that we only had stone-age science in the mid 1970’s that was unable to comprehend weather patterns makes the argument even more ridiculous. www.hannity.com /forum/showthread.php?t=60924   (3412 words)

The Social Affairs Unit - Web Review: The heart of climate alarmism: Fred Pearce, Al Gore and George Monbiot on climate ... Here are three books from the heart of what might be called climate alarmism. He uses it to tell us that the way the tobacco industry tried to persuade us that smoking was healthy is now replicated in some of the oil industry's campaigning against climate change alarmism. Monbiot is the Tony Benn of our day: a man whose heart and mind are firmly rooted in the instincts of the 17th Century Levellers. www.socialaffairsunit.org.uk /blog/archives/001217.php   (1914 words)

twc_aficionados: A friend of mine posted this on her jour Pelley told the CBS News website that he justified excluding scientists skeptical of global warming alarmism from his segments because he considers skeptics to be the equivalent of “Holocaust deniers.” http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2006/0 This is the same Time Magazine which first warned of a coming ice age in 1920’s before switching to warning about global warming in the 1930’s before switching yet again to promoting the 1970’s coming ice age scare. I am almost at a loss as to how to begin to address the series of errors, misleading science and unfounded speculation that appear in the former Vice President’s film Here is what Richard Lindzen, a meteorologist from MIT has written about “An Inconvenient Truth.” “A general characteristic of Mr. community.livejournal.com /twc_aficionados/528088.html   (6531 words)

THE CONSTITUTION IN WARTIME: BEYOND ALARMISM AND COMPLACENCY Unfortunately, loose statements about the need to balance liberty and security come close to exhausting the public discussion of this important question. THE CONSTITUTION IN WARTIME: BEYOND ALARMISM AND COMPLACENCY, edited by Mark Tushnet (Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Constitutional Law at Georgetown University Law Center), remedies this deficiency by identifying and explaining the enormous complexities of constitutionalism during wartime. THE CONSTITUTION IN WARTIME is a collection of balanced essays written by legal scholars and political scientists and from a variety of perspectives in law and political science. www.bsos.umd.edu /gvpt/lpbr/subpages/reviews/tushnet805.htm   (1933 words)

America Reacts to Speech Debunking Media Global Warming Alarmism   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) Sadly, it looks like my challenge to the media to be objective and balanced has fallen on deaf ears. Despite the traditional media’s failed attempt to dismiss the science I presented to counter global warming alarmism, the American people bypassed the tired old traditional media, by watching CSPAN or clicking on the Drudge Report and reading the speech online. From the flood of overwhelming positive feedback I received, I can tell you the American people responded enthusiastically to my message. www.freedom.org /news/200610/02/inhofe.phtml   (1532 words)

INHOFE DELIVERS MAJOR SPEECH ON THE SCIENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) Washington, D.C.-Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), chairman of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, delivered a comprehensive speech on the science of climate change today, concluding that, based on the best, most objective science available, predictions of catastrophic global warming are baseless and should be rejected. But anyone who pays even cursory attention to the issue understands that scientists vigorously disagree over whether human activities are responsible for global warming, or whether those activities will precipitate natural disasters.” After studying the issue over the last several years, I believe that the balance of the evidence demonstrates that natural variability is the overwhelming factor influencing climate.” inhofe.senate.gov /pressapp/record.cfm?id=206907   (352 words)

[No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) The loss of credibility is tragic because reasonable environmentalists - without alarmism or exaggerations - are urgently needed. Given the uncertainties and trade-offs, priority should go to avoiding environmental damage that is irreversible, like extinctions, climate change and loss of wilderness. Comments are moderated to remove those that are inappropiate prior to appearing on the site. www.climateark.org /shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=40002   (760 words)

Competitive Enterprise Institute Our children and grandchildren will thank them for not condemning them to a future of energy poverty. Senator Inhofe is especially to be applauded for ably making the scientific and economic case against global warming alarmism. We hope that this overwhelming vote will send a strong message to the European Union and the upcoming G-8 Summit. www.cei.org /gencon/003,04626.cfm   (98 words)

The Commons Blog: A Tidal Wave of Alarmism The Commons Blog: A Tidal Wave of Alarmism Posted by Iain Murray · 13 August 2004 · Environmental Alarmism The media watchdog STATS takes a good hard look at the reality behind the hype surrounding the supposed threat to Europe and the East Coast from the collapse of part of one of the Canary Islands. commonsblog.org /archives/000104.php   (205 words)

Oculus Divinorum blog v.3 » 2006 Scorpio stellium and astro alarmism   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) Oculus Divinorum blog v.3 » 2006 Scorpio stellium and astro alarmism Lately, I have been reading posts and such like by people fanning the flames of our upcoming Scorpio stellium. No need for alarmism but it is, as you say, an important month. www.odivinorum.com /blog/index.php?p=171   (618 words)

Stop the false alarmism about 'Goth' lifestyle: 11/27/01 Stop the false alarmism about 'Goth' lifestyle: 11/27/01 I was reading this morning's "Our View" column ("A foiled conspiracy raises new concerns about our students," Nov. 26) and was basically agreeing with it until I got to the following paragraph: "The aloof, hostile, fl-draped 'Goth' lifestyle hasn't redeemed itself. At this point, it has to be taken as evidence of real trouble brewing, everywhere." This is pure nonsense and alarmism. www.s-t.com /daily/11-01/11-27-01/a10op054.htm   (513 words)

[No title] CBN News -Focus- Global Warming: Serious Threat or Alarmism? He said science is on his side to combat what he called "climate alarmism." "Essentially, the alarm is based on the notion that the Earth is very badly designed, and without man's intervention, we'd fall apart,” he said. The MIT professor, who also taught at Harvard and is known for his research in dynamic meteorology, agrees that we are in a warming period, but nothing substantial. www.cbn.com /CBNnews/usnews/060602b.aspx   (909 words)

Healthy Skepticism of Global Warming Alarmism Recommended For us at LifeSiteNews, our radar has been up on the issue for a long time. The noticeably close identification of global warning alarmism with the United Nations and many individuals and other organizations that are known, strong advocates of world de-population measures and dramatic, self-serving cultural changes, causes us to believe the de-population movement has a big hand in the current fear mongering. Yes, the world does appear to have warmed up a bit recently and yes, our daily injection of various substances into the atmosphere might be having some affect on weather conditions, but that is, we suggest, all that can be said so far. www.lifesite.net /ldn/2006/dec/06122209.html   (724 words)

The New American - Hot and Cold Running Alarmism - December 8, 1997   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) The New American - Hot and Cold Running Alarmism - December 8, 1997 Get the ENTIRE magazine full of groundbreaking news and striking graphics delivered right to your door! And so we have" -- complete with a photo of blizzard conditions on the cover to complement the chilling headline "The Hot Zone." Thus, if we are to accept this theory, man-induced "global warming" must be held accountable for whatever bad weather takes place. www.thenewamerican.com /tna/1997/vo13no25/vo13no25_alarmism.htm   (992 words)

FOXNews.com - Global Warming Alarmism and Cows - Politics | Republican Party | Democratic Party | Political Spectrum Vignette StoryServer 5.0 Sun Dec 17 18:29:13 2006 FOXNews.com - Global Warming Alarmism and Cows - Politics It would be amusing, were it not so dangerous for policy considerations, that articles like that linked above have headlines pointing toward at least a slight retreat in global warming alarmism but then fill the article itself with the most scare-mongering fact-free text one could imagine outside The National Enquirer. www.foxnews.com /story/0,2933,237077,00.html   (943 words)

Good Morning America - Advocates for Global Warming Alarmism | NewsBusters.org Good Morning America - Advocates for Global Warming Alarmism Yesterday, Senator Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma took to the floor of the United States Senate and gave a passionate and informed speech about Global Warming and the American media's coverage of it. Click here for instructions on how to become a contributing blogger. newsbusters.org /node/7902   (3018 words)

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