The American Physical Society Owes Lord Monckton an Immediate Apology

American Thinker ^ | July 19, 2008 | Marc Sheppard

[neverdem]

Climate Change For Rubes

We'll see who the rubes are. Don't forget Piltdown Man.

[FocusNexus]

And here I thought the APS is above politics. Silly me.

[FocusNexus]

Here is the statement from the front page of the APS:

http://www.aps.org/

“APS Climate Change Statement
APS Position Remains Unchanged

The American Physical Society reaffirms the following position on climate change, adopted by its governing body, the APS Council, on November 18, 2007:

“Emissions of greenhouse gases from human activities are changing the atmosphere in ways that affect the Earth’s climate.”

An article at odds with this statement recently appeared in an online newsletter of the APS Forum on Physics and Society, one of 39 units of APS. The header of this newsletter carries the statement that “Opinions expressed are those of the authors alone and do not necessarily reflect the views of the APS or of the Forum.” This newsletter is not a journal of the APS and it is not peer reviewed.”

http://www.aps.org/policy/statements/07_1.cfm

National Policy
07.1 CLIMATE CHANGEEmail | Print
(Adopted by Council on November 18, 2007)

Emissions of greenhouse gases from human activities are changing the atmosphere in ways that affect the Earth’s climate. Greenhouse gases include carbon dioxide as well as methane, nitrous oxide and other gases. They are emitted from fossil fuel combustion and a range of industrial and agricultural processes.

The evidence is incontrovertible: Global warming is occurring. If no mitigating actions are taken, significant disruptions in the Earth’s physical and ecological systems, social systems, security and human health are likely to occur. We must reduce emissions of greenhouse gases beginning now.

Because the complexity of the climate makes accurate prediction difficult, the APS urges an enhanced effort to understand the effects of human activity on the Earth’s climate, and to provide the technological options for meeting the climate challenge in the near and longer terms. The APS also urges governments, universities, national laboratories and its membership to support policies and actions that will reduce the emission of greenhouse gases.

[Eagles6]

save

[supercat]

It is never possible for members of a society to credibly debate the existence of consensus among their members. The existence of debate by definition implies a lack of consensus.

[FocusNexus]

List of councillors:

http://www.aps.org/about/governance/executive/councillors.cfm

http://www.aps.org/about/governance/index.cfm

[Exton1]

Lets give the APS a word of advice at http://www.aps.org/about/contact/index.cfm

[snarks_when_bored]

The only thing I really regret about all of this is that the hordes of anthropogenic globabl warming advocates and political shills, from Al Gore on down, probably won't be alive by the time it becomes perfectly apparent to everybody on Earth that AGW is a crock. The grandest opportunity for Schadenfreude that has ever presented itself will be lost...

[divine_moment_of_facts]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Y2hSj5p9Gg

[Nipfan]

All I get is a swirling coloured screen.

Monckton’s treatment is truly appalling. If he does get an apology (and I don’t see how that can be avoided since the disclaimer was an outright lie) I hope it gets VERY wide coverage.

I thought that the whole point of science was to discover truth, expand our knowledge and encourage original thought. When did it turn into groupthink?

[DB]

Oh, I don’t know, I really expect this to run its course in the next few years. The wheels on AGW are coming off pretty fast really.

[DB]

When disruption of the gravy train is threatened...

[sergeantdave]

Time to turn the table and accuse the global warmists of crimes against humanity.

[kittymyrib]

“Time to turn the table and accuse the global warmists of crimes against humanity.”

And while we are at it, we should convict Rachel Carson posthumously for the deaths of millions of people from malaria after the enviro-nazis got DDT banned because of her hysterical beliefs, as posited in “The Silent Spring.”

[iopscusa]

Both Al Gore and Rachel Carson should be tried for crimes against humanity or genocide...IMO that is the least that should be done. The Enviro Nazi’s need to be laughed at and ridiculed for their idiotcy and criminal results just like the Stalin & Mao democides...100’s of millions murdered by tyrants!

[Leisler]

""...the date of the Council meeting at which the findings were presented; a copy of the minutes of the discussion; and a copy of the text of the Council's decision, together with the names of those present at the meeting...."

[iopscusa]

‘The 21st century environmental movement will push more people into early graves than did all of the dictators of the 20th century’
http://ker-plunk.blogspot.com

[Diogenesis]

Apparently this attack, like others, was led by the demented luddite, APS's own, Robert Park.
Park invoked that Monckton is a "Denier", and most importantly,
was not trained as a physicist and threfore had no right to discuss
the 'religion' (**) of physics. (** as Park sees it, he is the 'Pope' and 'Protector' of American science and current funding).

PARK "1. GOOD LORD! GLOBAL WARMING DENIERS VANDALIZE APS.
"...on the denier's side was Christopher Monckton, 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley, who inherited his father's peerage in 2006.
Lord Monckton is not a scientist, his degree is in journalism and he's a reporter for the Evening Standard, an English tabloid.
Whatever it is that Viscounts do, he may do very well, but he doesn't know squat about physics and his journalism suffers from it.
Worse, somebody fed the media the line that Monckton's rubbish meant the APS had changed its position on warming;
of course it has not. Few media outlets took the story seriously."

[bcsco]

Bump for later

[Chode]

and the RATS, take another one in the..................HA ha!!!