Lewandowsky – Universtiy of Western Australia Graham Readfearn complains at DeSmogBlog that climate bloggers including myself are: “using FOI to rifle through scientists’ daily emails. … [FOI] is a law which appears to have been hijacked by climate science sceptics… Read More ›
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Lewandowsky: ethical considerations for "moon landing denier" paper
UPDATE 2 [Tuesday 16 October]: Further research has unearthed the specific procedure for amending an ethics approval at UWA. It can be found here. It states, inter alia: When would a new ethics application be required? Should a request for an… Read More ›
Lew – a few final thoughts
UPDATE: Take a look at this article [backup link] on ABC’s The Drum, from May 2010, which reveals that Lewandwosky had already made the link between scepticism and conspiracy theories well before his paper was published – he just needed the… Read More ›
Lewandowsky update
More on the moon landing denier paper: UPDATE: Jo Nova: Lewandowsky does “science” by taunts and attempted parody instead of answering questions Lewandowsky names the five blogs contacted for the survey Climate Audit on moderation of comments over at Lewandowsky’s blog… Read More ›
Lewandowsky update
Yet more on the ‘moon landing denier’ paper from the buddy of John Cook at Un-Skeptical Pseudo-Science, who has a long history of smearing sceptics, and who devises a survey which conveniently shows that those who question the climate consensus are conspiracy… Read More ›
Lewandowsky: FoI request submitted to UWA
UPDATE 2: This post explains why an FOI on this matter is warranted. UPDATE: Lewandowsky responds to some of the points here. Sadly, given his previous form, I can’t help but agree with one of the comments over at Bishop Hill:… Read More ›
Freedom of Information: request for donations
UPDATE: Very many thanks to all of you who have made donations so far (you know who you are) – we now have enough to cover the present FOI expenses. However, if you haven’t donated yet, please consider doing so… Read More ›
Last words on ANU FOI
ANU have stifled any further attempt to reach the truth in this matter, having (a) refused to comment any further through their media office; and (b) quoted nearly $40k to search through their documents for the further evidence I have… Read More ›
If you emotionalise the climate debate, expect scrutiny
And if you make exaggerated claims about AGW, expect scrutiny of those as well. I really didn’t want to spoil my breakfast by reading anything from extremist Clive Hamilton, but I had little choice, as it refers to the ANU… Read More ›
ABC finally corrects 2011 ANU death threat story
UPDATE: Marc has written to the ABC requesting they amend the sloppy and partisan wording of this update. We’ll see how far he gets… Thanks to Marc Hendrickx for this update, which now appears on the original 4 June 2011 story…. Read More ›