Okay, this is striking too close to home – I post frequently at RealClimate and consider Gavin Schmidt to be a model of forbearance in the face of innumerable provocations.
Gavin Schmidt has done a wonderful job at RealClimate patiently explaining the context of the stolen emails. He’s made it perfectly clear that the claims of scientific malpractice are without foundation. He must be doing a really good job, because the Competitive Enterprise Institute intends to sue him.
That’s computer scientist Tim Lambert aka Deltoid explaining (here) the latest tactics the anti-scientific disinformers are pursuing to stifle real climate scientists from communicating with the public. The CEI, of course, runs ad campaigns aimed at destroying the climate for centuries; generally spreads disinformation (see “Santer, Jones, and Schneider respond to CEI’s phony attack on the temperature record“) and embraces the efforts of other groups to sow confusion (see “Deniers go ape for Scopes climate trial“).
But CEI’s current tactics, which they proudly announce here, have become truly extemist in nature:
Yes they’re planning to sue Schmidt for the “inappropriate behavior” of moderating comments at RealClimate. Of course, the point of this vexatious suit isn’t to win — it’s to harass and distract Schmidt because he is being effective.
It’s not for nothing that I dubbed them the Completely Evil Institute.
I would add that essentially every factual assertion in the piece by CEI Fellow Chris Horner is false. …
Competitive Enterprise Institute to sue RealClimate blogger over moderation policy
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