Politicization and "Fundamentalist Environmentalism"
Category: General
Catching up on the stories we missed while away from our computer.
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Integrity of Science
The Integrity of Science Blog provides commentary and highlights news on attacks and misuse of science, particularly as it relates to water, climate change, and environmental security.
About the Author
Founded in 1987 and based in Oakland, California the Pacific Institute is an independent, nonpartisan think-tank studying issues at the intersection of development, environment, and security.
The Institute´s Integrity of Science Initiative responds to and counters the assault on science and scientific integrity in the public policy arena, especially on issues related to water, climate change, and security.
Recent Posts
- That's All, Folks
- Columnist Calls for "Honest Disagreement," Holds Straight Face
- One more thing about yesterday's USA Today article
- USA Today conflates science manipulation, political considerations
- 'Truth' wins UCS 'Science Idol' Contest
- Houston Chronicle on Political Manipulation of Science
- Surgeon General: Attacking the Messenger
- A Blueprint for Reconciling Faith and Science?
- Bad News, Bears
- A Cynical Morning Cartoon with Flamy McGassy
Recent Comments
- SMC on One more thing about yesterday's USA Today article
- Hank Roberts on Whose playbook are they reading?
- Don Strong on A Blueprint for Reconciling Faith and Science?
- Sound on 'Truth' wins UCS 'Science Idol' Contest
- blf on Houston Chronicle on Political Manipulation of Science
- lorax on A Blueprint for Reconciling Faith and Science?
- Kurt on A Blueprint for Reconciling Faith and Science?
- pelio on A Blueprint for Reconciling Faith and Science?
- Abbie on A Blueprint for Reconciling Faith and Science?
- Hank Roberts on Bad News, Bears
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Blogroll & Links
Science Integrity-Related Blogs- Integrity of Science (previous incarnation, archived)
- The Intersection
- A Few Things Ill Considered
- Climate Science Watch
- Science Blog
- Real Climate
- Framing Science
- Pacific Institute
- Pacific Institute's Integrity of Science Initiative
- The World's Water
- UCS's Scientific Integrity work
Did You Know?
While the Pacific Institute's Integrity of Science Program is only a little over a year old, the Pacific Institute is celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2007.
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December 29, 2006
December 20, 2006
AGU Epilogue 3: Presentations now online
Category: AGU 2006 Fall Meeting
Four of the five presentations from last week's American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting panel discussion, "Defining and Protecting the Integrity of Science: New Challenges for the 21st Century," are now online.
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December 18, 2006
Media Recap and Blogroll
Category: General
News and blog highlights from today and the weekend.
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AGU Epilogue 2: Deflecting Disinformation
Category: AGU 2006 Fall Meeting
More education won't erase the confusion about the scientific consensus on climate change, says Dr. Naomi Oreskes. The key is in taking on deliberate disinformation campaigns.
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December 15, 2006
AGU Epilogue 1: More Al Gore coverage
Category: AGU 2006 Fall Meeting
A sampling of mainstream media coverage of the Gore talk.
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December 14, 2006
Al Gore on Censorship and the "Prison of Illusions"
Category: AGU 2006 Fall Meeting
In today's lecture before the American Geophysical Union, Vice President Al Gore was stripped down and refocused.
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AGU Day 4: Jim Hansen and Goreticipation
Category: AGU 2006 Fall Meeting
"I speak today as myself and not as a spokesman for NASA," Dr. Jim Hansen
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December 13, 2006
Talking Science Integrity at AGU
Category: AGU 2006 Fall Meeting
"Pernicious interference (in federal agencies) is becoming more than skin deep." Dr. Francesca Grifo Union of Concerned Scientists
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December 11, 2006
Blogging at the AGU
Category: AGU 2006 Fall Meeting
The annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union is taking place this week, and your friendly neighborhood Integrity of Science Blog will be in attendance. The Pacific Institute and the Union of Concerned Scientists will be presiding over the Tuesday...
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December 8, 2006
BBC to Skeptics: Show Your Hand
Category: Europe
On December 1, BBC News issued a challenge to skeptics claiming that science is biased.
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December 7, 2006
Introducing the Integrity of Science Blog
Category: General
Welcome to the Integrity of Science Blog, a project of the Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security. The Pacific Institute's Integrity of Science Initiative responds to and counters the assault on science and scientific integrity in the...
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