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No, There’s No Scientific Conspiracy About Climate Change

Legal Planet

Among the host of conspiracy theories out there, a perennial one depicts climate science as a global hoax perpetuated by scientists. There are thousands of climate scientists around the world, which is an awful lot of people for a secret conspiracy. Keeping quiet about something is not a prized professional trait.

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Climate Change and Me

Academy of Natural Sciences

The first climate change presentation I saw was back in the 1970s when I was working for the National Weather Service. Murray Mitchell, was the top climate scientist for NWS. While that got the bulk of the publicity, Dr. Mitchell assured us that the warming of the climate would be the biggest problem in the future.

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Stroud Water Research Center Honors Michael E. Mann, Ph.D., Leading Climate Scientist And Author

PA Environment Daily

one of the world’s leading voices on climate change on November 3. The award was presented at the 20th annual The Water’s Edge gala at the Delaware Museum of Nature & Science. said, “Water is the primary medium through which we feel the impacts of climate change, and Michael Mann is a leading voice on climate change.

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RFK Jr. Joins the War on Climate Scientists

Legal Planet

But he also voices full-throated conspiracy theories denying the reality of human-caused climate change. These election fraud and anti-vaccine conspiracies converge with some far-out ideas about climate science. Respect for science matters and this staffing choice shows definitively which side RFK Jr.

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What Happened During the Montana Youth Climate Trial

Legal Planet

Whether climate change impacts to Montana’s environment can be measured incrementally. Whether climate impacts and effects in Montana can be attributed to Montana’s fossil fuel activities. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. They are: Whether Plaintiffs’ injuries are mischaracterized or inaccurate.

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Stroud Water Research Center Honors Dr. Michael E. Mann, Climate Scientist & Author, With 2022 Stroud Award For Freshwater Excellence

PA Environment Daily

Mann, climate change scientist, author and Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science at Penn State, and Director of the Earth System Science Center, is the 2022 recipient of the Stroud Award for Freshwater Excellence. He is also director of the Penn State Earth System Science Center.

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The COP28 Halftime Report

Legal Planet

This is true, for example, for the progress on establishing the new ‘loss and damage’ fund and the pledges of hundreds of millions of dollars into that fund to help developing countries bear the costs of climate change damage. That work is essential and has attracted a lot of attention as an early COP success.