Virginia Asks Global Warming Skeptic To Stop Calling Himself ‘State Climatologist’
Virginia Asks Global Warming Skeptic To Stop Calling Himself ‘State Climatologist’
Patrick J. Michaels — a prominent critic of mainstream global warming science — bills himself as the “state climatologist” of Virginia to bolster his credibility. The State of Virginia has had enough. From the Richmond Times-Dispatch:
The governor’s office has sent a letter to the University of Virginia requesting that Patrick J. Michaels not use his title of state climatologist when conducting his private consulting business.
The state is concerned that the U.Va. professor’s controversial views on global warming could be mistaken for the state’s views…The governor’s office has repeatedly said that Michaels does not represent the state with his opinions about global warming.
In fact, it seems that “State Climatologist” is not even a real position:
[The] letter also addressed the question of whether Michaels’ position as state climatologist is an appointment of the governor or of U.Va. Hanley does acknowledge that Michaels was originally appointed state climatologist by Gov. John Dalton in 1980.
However, she said the code of Virginia “does not provide for the governor to appoint a state climatologist.”
Charlottesville City Councilor Kevin Lynch researched the topic and concluded that Dalton’s “appointment” does “not appear to have been legitimate.” On the basis of Dalton’s letter, Michaels has collected a government paycheck for the last 26 years and is currently earning $91,530.
The State now has nothing to do with the title or the office, which is administered by the University of Virginia, where Michaels teaches. Much more at cvillenews.com.
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How about state huckster?
August 21st, 2006 at 3:47 pmWhen my feed reader reported a cvillenews.com trackback from Think Progress, I assumed that the software was acting up, confusing the two blogs. Lo and behold, y’all linked to my site. Thanks!
Your readers may also be interested in the original blog entry that kicked all of this off, as well as Kevin Lynch’s excellent look into the ethical problems that accompany Prof. Michaels’ acceptance of industry money.
August 21st, 2006 at 3:47 pmI love busting these liars. It’s always the old ones. Thank God for blogs and Media Matters.
August 21st, 2006 at 3:50 pm[…] Think Progress on Patrick Michaels. This story certainly is growing. […]
August 21st, 2006 at 3:50 pmCheck the information on this guy and his statements at Source Watch. “Crackpot” is the nicest word that comes to my mind.
August 21st, 2006 at 3:54 pmhttp://www.sourcewatch.org/ index.php?title=Patrick_J._Michaels
Patrick Michaels? The same Patrick Michaels who also edits the World Climate Report, published by the Western Fuels Association? The same Michaels who has been accused of accepting $100,000 from energy industry interests to support his efforts to discredit the science of global warming? The same Michaels whose World Climate Report offered in late 1998 “to wager that the 10-year period beginning in January 1998 and extending through December 2007 will show a statistically significant downward trend in the monthly satellite record of global temperatures?”
Yep, that’s him all right.
August 21st, 2006 at 3:59 pmAmericans can trust the word of the President as he said there is not Global Warning as the world see different. Well would you trust Bush to sell you a used car or have you realized that Bush has been lying from day one. He lies so much he doesn’t know what the word truth means. The corrupt behind the door GOP that’s running the government should not let Bush the drunk talk in public. If anyone around the world doesn’t know Bush is a liar then they’ve been on another planet. He’s so drunk that he’s letting all the secrets out because drunks do that they talk without thinking.
August 21st, 2006 at 4:02 pmSay what you will about him…he sure does have a $90,000 smile. {click}
August 21st, 2006 at 4:04 pmwhy am I not at all suprised?
August 21st, 2006 at 4:06 pmThe same Pat Michaels who has had near zero impact as a scientist as measured by citations in peer reviewed journals. Love to see problems for people like this.
August 21st, 2006 at 4:07 pmThe same Pat Michaels who has had near zero impact as a scientist as measured by citations in peer reviewed journals. Love to see problems for people like this.
Comment by calguy — August 21, 2006 @ 4:07 pm
And yet some republican will be along shortly to defend this scumbag:-( Republicans, the syphilis of the planet. Lets hope it doesn’t kill us….
August 21st, 2006 at 4:10 pmJoe Sixpack,
Like I said on a previous post:
Nice to see you again!
August 21st, 2006 at 4:15 pmI miss you and your wit!
Great — first we Virginians got George “don’t-call-me-macacca” Allen, and now we have this bozo as our state climatologist…
Please, folks, don’t hold this against us — there’s many true blue Amurkans here in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and we’re trying to turn this red state blue as fast as we can, county-by-county. Then again, maybe that’ll be easier to do once we expose all the other frauds, racists and morons that are lurking in the reddest parts of our state, thanks to TP and friends!
August 21st, 2006 at 4:19 pmI read somewhere else today that George Allen has been like a “godfather” for this guy.
Here’s the article:
http://www.dailyprogress.com/ servlet/ Satellite?pagename=CDP%2FMGArticle%2FCDP_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1149189858881&path=!news
All the more reason to get rid of this guy. What surprises me is that this is a respected department at UVa - and yet they recently reappointed Michaels. Somebody’s definitely looking out for him.
August 21st, 2006 at 4:19 pmLet me say that again for emphasis:
George “Macaca” Allen is Michaels’ self-professed political godfather.
August 21st, 2006 at 4:20 pmSay what you will about him…he sure does have a $90,000 smile.
Comment by dlet
Which just goes to show you how much a guy is willing to sellout for, dlet. Of course, I might sell out for a lot less.
Or maybe not. A guy once asked me what my price was and I said, “A hell of a lot more than you got, pal!”
August 21st, 2006 at 4:24 pmWow, what a scumbag.
Oh, did you know that I am the Area Climatologist for my office? I guess it’s not that hard to be a climatologist, huh?
America’s Least Wanted
August 21st, 2006 at 4:26 pmJoe,
August 21st, 2006 at 4:28 pmThe money might be nice but I couldn’t have any mirrors in my house then. I don’t think Michaels has any either…..just look at that tie…..with a pinstripe suit.
Hi trueblue #11. I’m in and out, trying to find a troll to have some fun with. How about you? If you are wondering what I look like, check out the pic up there of Michaels. Kind of like that but much younger, meaner, stronger and more likeable.
August 21st, 2006 at 4:31 pm#6, Jackie,
August 21st, 2006 at 4:32 pmI know you didn’t mean ‘Global Warning’, but it’s too rich to leave alone!
I can see a headline…
World issues Global Warning about President Bush!
‘Concerned World leaders met in France today and issued a
Global Warning that the USA politician has caused more damage
and corruption than Earth’s deadliest storms.
Things appear to heating up quickly!
Film at 11:00
I’m in and out, trying to find a troll to have some fun with.
Comment by Joe Sixpack — August 21, 2006 @ 4:31 pm
Stick around. Jason Hendler will be around shortly to talk about the urban heat island effect.
August 21st, 2006 at 4:35 pmYou’re funny, Joe Sixpack!
I always see “Sawyer” from “Lost” when I see you’re name. He claims to be mean, too, but we all know he’s a softie…. just like… :)
August 21st, 2006 at 4:35 pm…..just look at that tie…..with a pinstripe suit.
Comment by dlet
Yeah, and a George Bush haircut. That’s some sad crap, huh?
August 21st, 2006 at 4:37 pmyour name!
August 21st, 2006 at 4:42 pmUGH! Did I just write that?
That kind of blatant error always pisses me off!
Sorry.
It is confirmed that we in Virginia have no state climatologist. However, we do have a state idiot in the form of our junior senator.
August 21st, 2006 at 5:16 pmbeing that he has a non-existent job,, send him packing and save some money…
August 21st, 2006 at 5:35 pmThe state of Virginia is right in disowning this clown.
August 21st, 2006 at 6:24 pmHe obviously resides in the state of confusion.
Or is it the state of distortion.
Maybe dual citizenship?
being that he has a non-existent job,, send him packing and save some money…
Comment by Bob —
Bob, you are more right than you realize.
August 21st, 2006 at 6:50 pmLook it up at his own web site– the man is a research professor at UVa, which means he has no official salary line from the state or university as a faculty member (contrast with professor) which means he depends upon the kindness of the fossil fuel industry to provide soft money off of which he derives his salary. There is nothing wrong with being a research professor–many people support themselves this way by going after legitimate research grants. i would be interested to know when was the last time Prof. Michaels got peer reviewed funding from the NIH or NOAA or the like.
# 20 nice comment yes your so right and I hope things get so hot they burn him out of the White House and take all his corrupt team with him. Pass the message on IMPEACH
August 21st, 2006 at 7:03 pmTalking about Global Warming skeptics? Read the article “Global Warming: The Cold, Hard Facts?” at Orato.com
August 21st, 2006 at 7:04 pmGov Dalton might consider reimbursing the State for his apparently bogus appointment.
August 21st, 2006 at 8:03 pmImagine paying this dude that kind of money to “teach” our next generation of “experts” when climate science will be so important to the world.
This says nothing for the University of Virginia.
Seems Micheals doesn’t have much of an audience in Virginia anymore, looks like he is going to give Stockholm Sweden a try with a couple of other shills, Sallie Baliunas and Fred Singer. What are the chances they just stay in Sweden?
http://www.desmogblog.com/ f-o-b-s-to-gather-in-stockholm-friends-of-bjorn-not-bill
August 21st, 2006 at 8:05 pmIf you can’t refute the Dr’s findings, the next option is to attack the Dr’s credentials. It’s so much easier, isn’t it?
Peer-reviewed and peer-screened works of Dr. Michaels since 2000
Michaels, P. J., P. C. Knappenberger, and R E. Davis, 2006. Sea-surface temperatures and tropical cyclones in the Atlantic basin, Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L09708, doi:10.1029/2006GL025757.
Davis, R.E., Michaels, P.J., Knappenberger, P.C., 2006. Global warming and Atlantic hurricanes. 2006 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Chicago, IL, March 7-11.
Michaels, P.J., Knappenberger, P.C., and C. Landsea, 2005. Comments on “Impacts of CO2-Induced Warming on Simulated Hurricane Intensity and Precipitation: Sensitivity to the Choice of Climate Model and Convective Schemeâ€. Journal of Climate, 18, 5179-5182.
Michaels, P.J., Knappenberger, P.C., and R.E. Davis, 2005. Sea surface temperature and tropical cyclone intensity: Breaking the paradigm, 15th Conference on Applied Climatology, American Meteorological Society, Paper No. 2.4, Savannah, GA, June 19-23.
Davis , R.E., Knappenberger, P.C., Michaels, P.J., and W.M. Novicoff, 2005. Changing Heat Wave Sensitivity in U.S. Cities, 15th Conference on Applied Climatology, American Meteorological Society, Paper No. 4.6, Savannah, GA, June 19-23.
Davis, R.E., Knappenberger, P.C., Michaels, P.J., and W.M. Novicoff, 2005. Evidence of Adaptation to Increasing Heat Wave Intensity and Duration in U.S. Cities. 17th International Congress on Biometeorology, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany, September 5-9.
Davis, R.E., Knappenberger, P.C., Michaels, P.J., and W.M. Novicoff, 2004. Changing Heatwave Mortality in U. S. cities. Proc. 14th Appl. Clim. Conf., Seattle, WA, paper no. J8.4.
Davis, R.E., Knappenberger, P.C., Michaels, P.J., and W.M. Novicoff, 2004. Seasonality of climate-human mortality relationships in U.S. cities and impacts of climate change. Climate Research, 26, 61-76.
Davis, R.E., Knappenberger, P.C., Michaels, P.J., and W.M. Novicoff, 2004. Heat Wave Mortality in Large U. S. cities. Proc. 16th Conf. Biometeorol. Aerobiol. and the 17th ISB Cong. Biometeor., Vancouver, British Columbia, WA, paper no. 6A.3.
Davis, R.E., Knappenberger, P.C., Novicoff, W.M., and P.J. Michaels, 2004. Presentation of “Davis, R.E., Knappenberger, P.C., Novicoff, W.M., and P.J. Michaels, 2003. Decadal changes in summer mortality in the U. S. cities, International Journal of Biometeorology, 47, 166-175,†to the Association of American Geographers in accepting the 2004 “Paper of the Year†award from the Climate Specialty Group.
Douglass, D.H., Pearson, B.D., Singer, S.F., Knappenberger, P.C., and P.J. Michaels, 2004. Disparity of tropospheric and surface temperature trends: New evidence. Geophysical Research Letters, 31, doi:10.1029/2004GL020212.
McKitrick, R., and P. J. Michaels. 2004. A Test of Corrections for Extraneous Signals in Gridded Surface Temperature Data. Climate Research, 26, 159-193.
Michaels, P.J., McKittrick, R., and P.S. Knappenberger, 2004. Economic Signals in Global Temperature Histories. 14th Appl. Clim. Conf., Seattle, WA, paper no. J1.1.
Michaels, P.J., Knappenberger, P.C., Frauenfeld, O.W., and R.E. Davis, 2004. Trends in Precipitation on the Wettest Days of the Year across the Contiguous United States. International Journal of Climatology, 24, 1873-1882.
Davis, R.E., Knappenberger, P.C., Novicoff, W.M., and P.J. Michaels, 2003. Decadal changes in summer mortality in the U. S. cities, International Journal of Biometeorology, 47, 166-175.
Davis, R.E., Knappenberger, P.C., Novicoff, W.M., and P.J. Michaels, 2003. Winter Mortality, Climate, and Climate Change in U.S. Cities. 37th Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Congress, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Davis, R.E., Knappenberger, P.C., Michaels, P.J., and W.M. Novicoff, 2003. Changing heat-related mortality in the United States. Environmental Health Perspectives, 111, 1712-1718.
Douglass, D.H., Clader, B.D., Christy, J.R., Michaels, P.J., and D.A. Belsley. 2003. Test for harmful collinearity among predictor variables used in modeling global temperature. Climate Research, 24, 15-18.
Davis, R.E., Knappenberger, P.C., Novicoff, W.M., and P.J. Michaels, 2002. On seasonal differences in weather-related mortality trends in the United States. Proc. 13th Appl. Clim. Conf., Portland, OR, 326–330.
Michaels, P.J., Knappenberger, P.C., Davis, R.E., and O.W. Frauenfeld, Rational analysis of trends in extreme temperature and precipitation, Proc. 13th Appl. Clim. Conf., Portland, OR, 153–158.
Davis, R.E., Knappenberger, P.C., Novicoff, W.M., and P.J. Michaels, 2002. Climate change adaptations: trends in human mortality responses to summer heat in the United States, Proc. 15th Conf. Biometeorol. Aerobiol. and the 16th ISB Cong. Biometeor., Kansas City, MO, Paper 9B.1.
Davis, R.E., Knappenberger, P.C., Novicoff, W.M., and P.J. Michaels, 2002. Spatial pattern of human mortality seasonality in U. S. cities since 1964, Proc. 15th Conf. Biometeorol. Aerobiol. and the 16th ISB Cong. Biometeor., Kansas City, MO, Paper 2B.2.
Davis, R.E., Knappenberger, P.C., Novicoff, W.M., and P.J. Michaels, 2002. Decadal changes in heat-related human mortality in the Eastern United States. Climate Research, 22, 175-184.
Michaels, P.J., Knappenberger, P.C., Frauenfeld, O.W., and R.E. Davis. 2002. Revised 21st century temperature projections. Climate Research, 23, 1-9.
Knappenberger, P.C., Michaels, P.J., and R.E. Davis, 2001. The nature of observed climate changes across the United States during the 20th century. Climate Research, 17, 45–53.
Michaels, P.J., Knappenberger, P.C., and R.E. Davis, 2001. Integrated Projections of Future Warming based Upon Observed Climate During the Attenuating Greenhouse Enhancement. Proceedings of the1st International Conference on Global Warming and The Next Ice Age, co-sponsored by the Atmospheric Science Program at Dalhousie University, the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, the American Meteorological Society and the European Space Agency, 19-24 August, 2001, at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, pp.162–167.
Michaels, P.J., Knappenberger, P.C., Balling, R.C., and R.E. Davis, 2000. Observed Warming in Cold Anticyclones. Climate Research, 14, 1-6.
Balling R.C., MacCracken, M.C., Michaels, P.J., and A. Robock, 2000. Assessment of uncertainties of predicted global climate change modeling: Panel 1. Technology, 7, 231–256.
Michaels, P.J., and P.C. Knappenberger, 2000. Natural Signals in the MSU Lower Tropospheric Temperature Record. Geophysical Research Letters, 27, 2905–2908.
Davis, R.E., Knappenberger, P.C., Novicoff, W.M., and P.J. Michaels, 2000. Decadal Changes in Summer Mortality in the United States. Proceedings of the 12th Conference on Applied Climatology, Asheville, NC, 184–187.
Michaels, P.J., Knappenberger, P.C., Gawtry, S.D., and R.E. Davis, 2000. Anticyclonic Warming. Proceedings of the 12th Conference on Applied Climatology, Asheville, NC, 119–122.
Davis, R.E., Knappenberger, P.C., Novicoff, W.M., and P.J. Michaels, 2000. Decadal Shifts in Summer Weather/Mortality Relationships in the United States by Region, Demography, and Cause of Death. Proceedings of the 14th Conference on Biometeorology and Aerobiology, Davis, CA, 250–251.
August 21st, 2006 at 8:10 pmSo Laurie David (who is not a climate scientist and has not authored any peer-reviewed articles or studies on climate) does just that. Attack Dr Michaels credentials…with the usual dose of ignorance. Finally gotten a paper published?
Harvard Professor of Environmental Science John Holdren told the Senate Republican Policy Committee in 2003 that “Michaels is another of the handful of US climate-change contrarians, but lacks Richard Lindzen’s scientific stature. He has published little if anything of distinction in the professional literature, being noted rather for his shrill op-ed pieces and indiscriminate denunciations of virtually every finding of mainstream climate science.”
So this story today that Michaels has (finally) gotten a paper published supposedly debunking the link between hurricane intensity and global warming begs the question: Didn’t anybody bother to look into Michaels’ conflicts of interest or to heed the warnings of respected scientists that he is not to be taken seriously?
August 21st, 2006 at 8:16 pmHippie,
Can you address the fact that thousands of scientists, including virtually anyone with relevant credentials, disagree with Michaels? Doesn’t the isolation of your fringe views bother you at all?
August 21st, 2006 at 8:46 pmAugust 21, 2006
Hey guys:
How do you know you’re in a room full of Democrats? You hear words like huckster, liar, crackpot, “Republicans, syphilis of the planet”, scumbag, idiot, clown, etc. to describe anyone outside their group.
How do you know it’s not about the person under scrutiny? Because other members of his group are exposed for being idiots, therefore said person is an idiot by association. Same way all Catholics are pedophiles because some priests are. And all blacks are criminals. Just pick anybody in any group and find some bad person in that group, therefore you are bad.
More group hate dynamics: He doesn’t do “legitimate research”. Last I checked, his research is perfectly legal. He’s not endorsed by subgroups of our group. Bumbling bureacracies like NOAA and NIH may not have given him “legitimate research grants.” They may very well have granted research funds, but the speculation assumes the negative.
This afternoon on Coy Barefoot’s WINA program “Charlottesville Right Now”, Charlottesville City Councilor Kevin Lynch explained his position. Michaels is free to have a minority point of view. But the state climatologist, whoever that might be, is not.
If the majority thought an ice age was imminent, the expert government climatologist would have to be removed if he predicted global warming. So as long as no one confuses Michaels’ view with the government’s view, we’re okay. This is what the controversy has boiled down to: no minority views tolerated in the governmental hegemony.
Notice I didn’t call Lynch any bad names although he has certainly earned a few.
Why are you guys so afraid of Pat Michaels? Is it because he’s outside your circle of welfare scientists? Or is he simply a lightening rod for your hatred and intolerance?
Va Education Secretary: UVA has oversight of state climatologist
August 21st, 2006 at 8:48 pmGet used to it, Blair
August 21st, 2006 at 8:50 pmThe problem, Blair, is that us scientists are born haters. We can’t help ourselves. We are also whores for research grants. Being completely unprincipled, we have no problem lying ad naseum to get the grants. We are like the Mafia, in that anyone who exposes our chicanery must be isolated and punished. So we swing our vast organization (a cabal, really) into gear to launch a smear campaign of epic proportions. So get out of the way, Blair, because we are coming for you next. We may be puny, fearful little men individually, but we are hundreds of thousands strong.
Oh, and did I say that we hate America? And Jews? And we love Hezbollah? Sure, I’ll ‘fess up. It’s all true. Oh, I spilled the beans. They’re coming to get me….aahhhh…..
August 21st, 2006 at 8:56 pmMafia is the best self-description I’ve heard yet. Real, you are worked up with 2 consecutive posts. Musta been some inconvenient truth that irritated you. A real dispassionate scientist. Must be a lot of people viewing this webpage right now. This is kinda fun. But I try to make my remarks more deliberate. So I’ll check back in a few days to see if there’s anything of substance here.
August 21st, 2006 at 9:08 pmRealscientist,
August 21st, 2006 at 9:10 pmDoesn’t it bother you that you call yourself a scientist, but don’t understand fundemental concepts of climate? Have you been studying? Ready for another quiz?
You’re funny, Joe Sixpack!
I always see “Sawyer†from “Lost†when I see you’re name. He claims to be mean, too, but we all know he’s a softie…. just like… :)
Comment by trueblue
I can’t leave you alone for one minute, can I? ;)
August 21st, 2006 at 9:12 pmZooey,
Guess not! C’mon, didn’t you read on the other posts that I got a new mattress today???
A girl’s gotta try! ;)
August 21st, 2006 at 9:24 pmBlack helicopters, blah blah, microchips, blah blah
August 21st, 2006 at 9:30 pm#40, #41 Uhh, you wackdoofus idiots have not yet addressed the fact that virtually all scientists, with 2 or 3 exceptions, disagree with you and Pat Michaels. Oh, yeah, that’s right: NONE of those climatologists (except Pat Michaels) know anything about climate! Sorry, I forgot.
August 21st, 2006 at 9:36 pmDixie Blood, no problem being off topic. It’s just us and two global warming denying trolls here right now anyway. And I bet these idiots believe that Saddam was flying the planes.
August 21st, 2006 at 9:59 pmRealscientist, true or false?
August 22nd, 2006 at 12:11 amKyoto signing world is holding to 1990 levels, which is the overwhelming majority of the rest of the world.
[…] More… […]
August 22nd, 2006 at 2:09 amIt’s time to “fix the glitch”.
August 22nd, 2006 at 2:15 amThe only thing more pathetic than W?
The W Loving Lackeys/Trolls Spinning Their Reality-Denying Willful Ignorance
They spin, and yet they know their contributions aren’t turning the public’s favor back towards the President
Oh well, with the first anniversary of Katrina coming up, no doubt the US public will recall the wondrous and efficient federal rescue & relief operation personally carried out by President Bush Jr
Yeah, maybe if it’s the Bizarro-World where W showed any kind of Presidential Leadership or Competence
But here on the plane of reality we live on, not so likely
August 22nd, 2006 at 3:14 amHippie,
1. What is the point of your non-sequitor about Kyoto? I haven’t said anything about Kyoto. Just another one of your barrage of straw man arguments no doubt.
2. Why do you and the other global warming denying trolls put your tails between your legs and run whenever I ask you to address the fact that the entire scientific community disagrees with you?
It must be getting lonely out there on the extreme fringe.
August 22nd, 2006 at 9:33 amWhat is the point of your non-sequitor about Kyoto? I haven’t said anything about Kyoto.
That was an assertion you made on a recent GW post.
No one disagrees that the northern henisphere has warmed by less than 1 degree during the 20th century. There is debate about attribution and you chicken littles are ignoring it.
August 22nd, 2006 at 10:53 amHippie: Here are some numbers for you about Dr. Michaels’ papers- he has a total of 310 citing papers for his career (papers which cite his work) and his single highest cited paper has 24 hits (this is as of 2 months ago). Citations measure the impact of his work on the scientific community. Dr. Michaels has had little. Consider, for example, Kevin Trenberth from NOAA-his most cited paper has been cited 669 times, and he has 4878 citing papers in his career which is of a similar time span as Michaels. Michaels is a scientific midget who has gained public prominence only by virtue of being propped up by the fossil fuel industry. His scientific prominence is negligible.
August 22nd, 2006 at 11:37 amHrmm.. Democrat administration muzzles scientist for using their official position to bolster their personal views good, Republican administration muzzles scientist for using their official position to bolster their personal views bad (i.e. Hansen).. Am I missing something here or is this just more of the typical hypocrisy of partisan hacks on both sides?
August 22nd, 2006 at 3:58 pmWhat is the point of your non-sequitor about Kyoto? I haven’t said anything about Kyoto.
That was an assertion you made on a recent GW post.
Wrong. I have never said anything about Kyoto, here or anywhere else. I don’t talk about Kyoto.
August 22nd, 2006 at 4:34 pmAnd the fall out continues http://www.roanoke.com/editorials/wb/wb/xp-79184
Micheals is entirely discredited.
August 22nd, 2006 at 6:38 pmMy apologies Realscientist. That was JJ’s assertion, not yours. I forgot you dropped out of that post.
August 23rd, 2006 at 1:18 amPat Michaels is the state climatologist, and he rightly derides “global warming” hooey. And there ain’t one thing Weasel Boy Kaine can do about it. Heeeee hee hee…
August 23rd, 2006 at 4:54 pmActually there are a lot of thing Gov. Kaine can do, like omit funding for the State Climatologist position in the next budget, or even cut it in this. He probably has to as there is not authorization of the position. Beyond that the Governor’s letter misstated the role of the American Association of State Climatologists, and there is good reason to believe that Michaels’ designation by the National Climate Data Center should be rescinded.
August 25th, 2006 at 3:20 pm[…] Today, prominent climate skeptics Pat Michaels and Dan Gainor appeared on Fox News’ Your World with Neil Cavuto to argue that the recent snowstorms in Denver prove there is a “Northeast bias” on global warming. Both agreed with Cavuto’s claim that if “more of those who support global warming did not live in the East Coast, or more specifically in New York, and were stationed in Denver,” they might be more skeptical of global warming. […]
January 2nd, 2007 at 6:44 pm[…] Scientists, of course, have mountains of evidence that increased CO2 levels actually increase levels of both localized extreme cold and localized extreme heat, as well as increasing humidity and precipitation. But I guess that when you have to lie about the existence of your official position in the field, you’re not the kind of person who actually cares about getting the facts right. […]
January 2nd, 2007 at 9:15 pmForgive me for pimping a link, but if anyone wants to see more about the science of climate change, I highly recommend http://www.realclimate.org. That being said, I agree that it doesn’t prove anything to attack Dr. Michaels. It’s enough to point out where he’s wrong — and God knows he’s wrong often enough. Folks like Tim Lambert have made a hobby of finding mistakes by guys like Michaels and his pal McKittrick. My favorite is the paper where they used a model in which they were putting degree measurements into trig functions that expected arguments in radians.
January 11th, 2007 at 6:47 am