Exaggerated claims undermine drive to cut emissions, scientists warn

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timesonline.co.uk - 10/30/2009

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Exaggerated and inaccurate claims about the threat from global warming risk undermining efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions and contain climate change, senior scientists have told The Times . Environmental lobbyists, politicians, researchers and journalists who distort climate science to ...

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RT @GreenAdvantage: fair warning how overstating climate change (the facts are scary enough) gives skeptics ammo: http://tinyurl.com/yksecaf 26 days ago

A green voice of reason. No need to exaggerate climate change when facts are "scary enough." via @GreenAdvantage http://tinyurl.com/yksecaf 26 days ago

A fair warning abt how overstating climate change (the facts are scary enough) gives the skeptics ammo: http://tinyurl.com/yksecaf 27 days ago

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Fresh Warnings on Climate Overstatement
Dot Earth — A story in The Times of London examines new expressions of concern by scientists about the perils of overstating the links between extreme events and climate change. (The article was brought to my attention via the daily e-mail messages of ...

Eco-Beat, 10/30
Green Daily — ... Green in a Flash: LG is the first electronics company to get certified by UL Environment. Michael Pollan retracts statements about the vegan H2 driver. According to scientists, exaggerated reports about climate change can undermine the goal of reducing emissions. Permalink | Email this | Comments

Against Overstating or Understating the Case
Only In It For The Gold — The ethics of lying are easy; you just make up whatever suits you and see what sticks. The ethics of telling the truth are more complicated if you want to affect the public. Here's an interesting article on the Times of London that goes to this point. Consider on the other hand this piece by Karl Wunsch from a couple of years back. I would consider the piece strictly speaking true but strikingly ineffective. He probably wanted to conclude with "you can never be 100% sure of anything" but noted that was a self-contradictory statement (What's the ...

Drumbeat: November 1, 2009
The Oil Drum — ... It does all this, by law, in a nonpartisan, neutral fashion. The only political appointee is the director: Newell. Debate Flares on Limits of Nature and Commerce in Parks The furor over the oyster lease has also drawn in partisans across the country because it plays into an old debate: Are the national parks primarily for preserving untouched wilderness, or for preserving the historic human imprint on the land, too? Exaggerated claims undermine drive to cut emissions, scientists warn Exaggerated and ...