Threats could have chilling effect on climate research, science group says

The Hill ^

[Sub-Driver]

Cut off their funding..........

[Huskrrrr]

“chilling effect” as in global cooling?

[Reeses]

That “chilling effect” must be why no detectable warming has occurred for 10 years.

[oh8eleven]

Reports of harassment, death threats ...
These reports are as full of $hit as the reports of Tea Partyers spitting on black congress critters and calling them the "nnnnnnn" word.

[DoughtyOne]

With all the junk science that’s been foisted off on us, the preposterous conclusions, the out and out lies, the resulting demands that we go back to the stone age or die... these guys are lucky they haven’t been strung up.

If I were them, I’d crawl back under my rock and consider myself very lucky.

[Maine Mariner]

When I first read the headline, I thought GREAT!, someone in the scientific community is taking a stand in support of academic freedom for those who do research and publish articles that question global warming and that the cause of that warming is the activities of people.

Silly me.

[jpsb]

As you sow so shall you reap. Those that denied or were skeptical of Man Made Global Warming were vilified in D.C. and in the pop media, pay back is hell.

[MAexile]

I wonder what they call it when Al Gore uses the words “Global Warming Denier”?

[FrankR]

"American Association for the Advancement of Science issued a rare statement Tuesday underscoring that it “vigorously opposes” personal attacks on climate scientists. It's the organization's strongest rebuke of efforts by conservative groups to criticize climate scientists. "

Well, golly-doodle, no one is attacking the "scientists", just the global warming tripe they're trying to foist upon the American people.

I mean a scam artist is a scam artist, and no one likes a scam artist except those who are benefitting directly, or indirectly, from his scam.

Real scientists deal in facts, no consensus....

[EagleUSA]

Sounds like people are getting fed up with shams and scams....maybe just the net result of fraudulent science fed by liberal politics.

[PENANCE]

Gotta love the way that the Death Threats are consistently lumped in with legal challenges and harrassment, as if they're inseparable and all equally prima facie unjustified.

"unreasonable, excessive Freedom of Information Act requests for personal information and voluminous data that are then used to harass and intimidate scientists," You have GOT to be kidding me!

Oh and it "could have a 'chilling effect' on scientific research.". Uh, ya think? I'm pretty sure that's the point of a legitimate legal challenge.

[gimme1ibertee]

chilling effect

How about just a flat-out total freezing effect? That would be better!

[Army Air Corps]

Ping.

[muawiyah]

Fur Shur the results of publicly financed research should be made available as consistent with national security reuirements might dictate.

Presumably climate data is NOT SECRET STUFF.

On the other hand here's the board of directors of the American Association for the Advancement of Science advancing the notion that there can be too much in the way of FOIA requests for such data.

Actually, that data has no FOIA protection and should be made available for public review and use on a continuing basis ~ as it is produced.

The way to put an end to this idea is CUT OFF ALL GOVERNMENT FUNDING and GOVERNMENT TIES to the affected institutions and employees.

If they want to surround themselves with a privacy hedge, let them do it on their own ticket ~ not mine!

BTW, that also means TAKE AWAY THEIR PRIVILEGE TO MAIL AT THE PERIODICALS RATE. They can take that 6 pound paper rock of theirs they mail out at a cross-subsidized rate every month and pay First Class Mail rates!

[subterfuge]

and even death threats

Total fabrication. The threat is to the grants the so-called scientists are addicted to.

[DManA]

There should be a law against making death threats against climate scientists.

Oh wait, there is one.

[olezip]

The board of directors of the American Association for the Advancement of Science issued a rare statement Tuesday underscoring that it “vigorously opposes” personal attacks on climate scientists. It's the organization's strongest rebuke of efforts by conservative groups to criticize climate scientists.

I am surprised to learn that the AAAS is another leftist organization. At first I thought they were, at last, talking about the threats, attacks, and denied funding to genuine climate scientists who have legitimate questions for the "warmers."

Warmers are those who believe that climate change is caused by mankind, when there is no credible scientific evidence that supports such an outlandish claim.

But, instead, the AAAS is supporting "scientists" with a vested interest in man caused global warming.

I would have been impressed with the AAAS if it actually was an objective organization. Instead it is just another bunch of leftist hacks. Shame on them!

[YHAOS]

"Personal attacks — including legal challenges and even death threats — on climate scientists have created a “hostile environment” that could result in a “chilling effect” on much-needed research, one of the country’s leading scientific organizations said this week."

Is that a threat?

[LibWhacker]

the AAAS board...

Investigate them!

[cpdiii]

The threats have come from the Global Warming Team now called climate change since the earth has stopped warming the last decade. They make good on their threats by having their enemies fired and funding denied for research that does not support their view.

We have also had the Eco-terrorists that have fire bombed car dealerships, logging companies and anyone they deem anti enviroment.

They have also tried to shut down (often successfully) industrial expansion and exploration for oil and mineral via law suits and phony endangered species suits.

Yes there is intimidation and terror threats and acts of terror happening. It is from the enviromentalists and global warming crowd, not our side.