Here's a nugget to start the week: MediaMatters, an organization that works to expose bias, discrimination, and misinformation in the news, has put together a Global Warming: Misinformation Action Center. Bookmark it!
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What great timing! I just posted on this very topic on my blog! Shockingly, some people are pretty upset that I pointed out huge flaws in their argument that other planets warming up means humans aren't to blame for global warming. :-)