2006-06-28 Inhofe's war on science

2006-06-28 Tim Lambert ScienceBlogs/Deltoid \global warming denial\global warming denial refutation\war on science\James Inhofe http://scienceblogs.com/deltoid/2006/06/inhofes_war_on_science.php Inhofe's war on science Inhofe's war on science  Senator Inhofe (R, Exxon) has responded to the AP story on how top climate researchers say Gore got it right. Drudge pimped the response, so it's all over the place now. Inhofe's press release starts with a straight lie: "AP INCORRECTLY CLAIMS SCIENTISTS PRAISE GORE'S MOVIE" Top climate researchers did in fact praise the movie and the story quoted them. Inhofe claims that "scores of scientists" have criticized the movie and demands that the AP release the names of the 19 scientists who praised the accuracy of the movie. Fair enough. Maybe he could tell us the names of the scores of critics. Inhofe only has four names and only two of those (Spencer and Lindzen) could be termed "top climate researchers". The two researchers named (Richard Lindzen and Roy Spencer) are, in fact, among the very few global warming critics taken seriously by mainstream science.

&ldquo;Senator Inhofe ... has responded to the AP story on how top climate researchers say Gore got it right.&rdquo; – and even the title is a straight lie.   