[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.

[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.

[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!

[SuziQ]

“Reports of harassment, death threats, and legal challenges have created a hostile environment that inhibits the free exchange of scientific findings and ideas and makes it difficult for factual information and scientific analyses to reach policymakers and the public,” the statement says. “This both impedes the progress of science and interferes with the application of science to the solution of global problems.”

Are these reports of death threats verified by anyone? As for harassment, it seems as though ANY challenge to their AGW dogma is seen as such by the adherents to the faith. I haven't heard of any lawsuits, except by people wishing to rein in the overwielding hand of government in their lives that is working on the flawed notion of 'saving the planet'.

The AGW folks see 'climate skeptics' being successful in raising doubts, and they can't have this because it could possibly cut off their funding, on which they depend to survive.

[wac3rd]

Will Michael Mann release his studies at UVA and Penn State?

[WKUHilltopper]

“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.”

Right—BS! Just like those “evil” tea party people “attacking and accosting” Nancy Pewloski and her ilk—when no one could even provide any evidence thereof. Just spew it out and hope someone believes it.

[Scotsman will be Free]

If these so called “climate scientists” weren’t a bunch of lying liberal scumbags intent on seizing control of our economies, lifestyles and property they wouldn’t have a problem.
Tough titty said the kitty when the milk ran dry.