NCSE Picks Fight Against Climate Science Deniers

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The National Center for Science Education is a wonderful institution dedicated to fighting junk science from entering our Nation’s schools and media. This is a tireless and often thankless job, yet there are so few “think tank” type organizations to promote science standards out there that they really stand out. I had the fortune 2 years ago to visit their offices and was impressed by how passionate the staff were and what they could accomplish out of a tiny office and a garage to store their immense archives. NCSE is best know for fighting creationism in schools and provided crucial assistance during the landmark Dover Trial and battles over intelligent design legislation throughout several states. Now, they are turning their attention to climate change denial – a wholly other beast!

The fight over evolution and intelligent design/creationism was essentially a legal one hinging on a loose definition of religion entering public school classrooms. Naturally, there is much more to it than that, but i want to make a point that the climate change denial fight is not necessarily a legal battle much like the the religious infiltration of ID was. This makes it a much more difficult fight! It is mostly an education campaign, not a legal campaign. Curiously, though, the tactics of climate change deniers are all too familiar! They have borrowed and mirrored many of the strategies (and in fact, people) from ID proponents.

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/evo-eco-lab/2012/01/16/ncse-picks-fight-against-climate-science-deniers/

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A agency fighting junk science that is going to be for junk science the next go around.

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The National Center for Science Education is a wonderful institution dedicated to fighting junk science from entering our Nation’s schools and media.

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/evo-eco-lab/2012/01/16/ncse-picks-fight-against-climate-science-deniers/

Here is some junk science...re climate change.. its January in Chicago and its 59 degrees

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It's January, and 23 degrees in Santa Rosa, California last night. We expect rain at the end of the week, so in about a week, you should finally get some real winter weather east of the Rockies.