Get Ready for More Congressional Doubt-Mongering on Climate
Mon, 2011-03-28 09:24Chris Mooney Chris Mooney's picture  Get
Ready for More Congressional Doubt-Mongering on Climate  In the
current Congress, we’ve already seen one example of an “on the
one hand, on the other hand” hearing about the science of
climate change, courtesy of the House Energy and Commerce
Committee.  Now, get ready for another, courtesy of the House
Science Committee. The broad strategy reflects what is sometimes
called “agnotology”—the strategic sowing of doubt about science.
Let’s run through the listed roster of those testifying at
Thursday’s hearing:  1. Dr. J. Scott Armstrong, Professor, The
Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. A recent Armstrong
paper on global warming is hereThe first sentence begins, “We
summarize evidence showing that the global warming alarm
movement has more of the character of a political movement than
that of a scientific controversy…”   2. Dr. Richard
Muller, Professor, University of California,