State Climatologist in Hot Water?
It's getting tough to be a global warming skeptic within the public arena. Just ask Oregon state climatologist George Taylor, who may be fired by Gov. Ted Kulongoski for having views not in line with state policy on greenhouse gas reduction.
The article I linked refers to 3 other state climatologists (there are 47 all together) who hold skeptical views, Patrick Michaels of Virginia, David Legates of Delaware and John Christy (incorrectly spelled as Christie in the article) of Alabama (who was also a lead author on the 2001 IPCC Assessment and a contributing author on earlier IPCC reports).
A quick Google search for more information on Taylor led me to a response he wrote to an August, 2005 newspaper article in the Willamette Week in which Taylor addresses, point by point, the criticisms leveled at him in the article.
As an aside, I would encourage people to read the two page Policy Statement on Climate Variability and Change by the American Association of State Climatologists. It covers the difficulty of climate prediction and, perhaps more importantly, the difficulty of verifying the accuracy of climate prediction and also addresses public policy on climate change in a sensible, practical manner.
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/viewstory.asp?Page=/Culture/archive/200702/CUL20070208c.html
http://www.willametteweek.com/story.php?story=6655
It's getting tough to be a global warming skeptic within the public arena. Just ask Oregon state climatologist George Taylor, who may be fired by Gov. Ted Kulongoski for having views not in line with state policy on greenhouse gas reduction.
The article I linked refers to 3 other state climatologists (there are 47 all together) who hold skeptical views, Patrick Michaels of Virginia, David Legates of Delaware and John Christy (incorrectly spelled as Christie in the article) of Alabama (who was also a lead author on the 2001 IPCC Assessment and a contributing author on earlier IPCC reports).
A quick Google search for more information on Taylor led me to a response he wrote to an August, 2005 newspaper article in the Willamette Week in which Taylor addresses, point by point, the criticisms leveled at him in the article.
As an aside, I would encourage people to read the two page Policy Statement on Climate Variability and Change by the American Association of State Climatologists. It covers the difficulty of climate prediction and, perhaps more importantly, the difficulty of verifying the accuracy of climate prediction and also addresses public policy on climate change in a sensible, practical manner.
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/viewstory.asp?Page=/Culture/archive/200702/CUL20070208c.html
http://www.willametteweek.com/story.php?story=6655
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Vanhimmat
On aivan oikein, ettei edesvastuuttomia skeptikoita kuunnella ja potkitaan pihalle viroista, joissa ollaan jotenkin tekemisissä ennustamisen kanssa. Ei ole oikein vastustaa jotain, joka on 100% todistettu todeksi.
Ilmastonmuutos-uskonnossa ei kerettiläisiä suvaita.
Käytäntöhän on ollut jo hyvän aikaa se, että jos laukoo ihmisen aiheuttamasta ilmastonmuutoksesta "vääriä" kommentteja, niin ruvetaan painostamaan poliittisesti, menetetään rahoitus ja saadaan potkut, varsinkin Goren senaattorin- ja varapresidenttiyden aikana. Ei tämä mielestäni mitenkään erikoinen uutinen ole.
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