{"id":24089,"date":"2017-05-16T11:13:10","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T16:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/?p=24089"},"modified":"2017-05-16T11:13:10","modified_gmt":"2017-05-16T16:13:10","slug":"heartland-institute-bs-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/16\/heartland-institute-bs-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Heartland Institute BS Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had the immense pleasure and great honor of joining Molly, Nick, and Tim on the <strong>Geeks Without God<\/strong> podcast to talk about the recent mailing of a book and some other material about climate change to science teachers, by the Heartland Institute.  This mailing was an effort to sow seeds of doubt about climate science, but the way they pulled off this little caper will probably have the opposite effect.<\/p>\n<p>The Heartland Institute does not survive this conversation.  No kittens or puppies were harmed, though.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/geekswithoutgod.com\/2017\/05\/16\/episode-253-heartland-institute-bullshit\/\"><em><strong>Go Here To Listen To the Podcast, and Support Geeks Without God (not safe for work, depending on where you work)<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As you listen, you may find the following items of use.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the Heartland Institute, go <a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/?s=heartland\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.desmogblog.com\/heartland-institute\">Also, this.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more information about the Consensus Project (the good guys) go <a href=\"http:\/\/theconsensusproject.com\/\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>NASA GISS is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.giss.nasa.gov\/\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Berkeley Earth Project is <a href=\"http:\/\/berkeleyearth.org\/\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more on Judith Curry, go <a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/?s=judith+curry\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/files\/2017\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-16-at-10.47.39-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/files\/2017\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-16-at-10.47.39-AM-610x153.png?resize=604%2C151\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-05-16 at 10.47.39 AM\" width=\"604\" height=\"151\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-24091\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/2017\/04\/27\/it-is-time-to-stop-punching-the-hippies\/\">Stop punching the hippies<\/a><\/p>\n<p>My coffee mug, just sayin:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/files\/2017\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-16-at-10.50.14-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/files\/2017\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-16-at-10.50.14-AM.png?resize=268%2C222\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-05-16 at 10.50.14 AM\" width=\"268\" height=\"222\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24092\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To find out more about ALEC, go <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alecexposed.org\/wiki\/ALEC_Exposed\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/?s=police+state\">More on the police state.<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/files\/2017\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-16-at-10.56.17-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/files\/2017\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-16-at-10.56.17-AM-610x398.png?resize=604%2C394\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-05-16 at 10.56.17 AM\" width=\"604\" height=\"394\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-24093\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pca.state.mn.us\/air\/volkswagen-public-input\">Public input for Minnesota on the Volkswagen settlement. <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0321775651\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=0321775651&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=grlasbl0a-20&#038;linkId=4568fd2e648c2c73747539289b7ed39a\">This is what a science textbook looks like<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=grlasbl0a-20&#038;l=am2&#038;o=1&#038;a=0321775651\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>LOL:<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/files\/2017\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-16-at-11.03.06-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/files\/2017\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-16-at-11.03.06-AM.png?resize=394%2C389\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-05-16 at 11.03.06 AM\" width=\"394\" height=\"389\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24094\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edx.org\/course\/making-sense-climate-science-denial-uqx-denial101x-4\">Making Sense of Climate Denial, Climate Denial 101 course<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0451228146\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=0451228146&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=grlasbl0a-20&#038;linkId=6c78d7f17ff7e0ee66d5d781105f1349\">One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=grlasbl0a-20&#038;l=am2&#038;o=1&#038;a=0451228146\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/io9.gizmodo.com\/5984951\/how-to-collect-meteorites-in-your-backyard\">Collecting meteorites<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommended books about climate change:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The central scientific argument explained most clearly: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1465433643\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=1465433643&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=grlasbl0a-20&#038;linkId=c737591cff9246d72e5a60e33be3056a\">Dire Predictions, 2nd Edition: Understanding Climate Change<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=grlasbl0a-20&#038;l=am2&#038;o=1&#038;a=1465433643\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But what about the models, were the models wrong or right? <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1440832013\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=1440832013&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=grlasbl0a-20&#038;linkId=40216de9466c5dad78d069d973781d33\">Climatology versus Pseudoscience: Exposing the Failed Predictions of Global Warming Skeptics<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=grlasbl0a-20&#038;l=am2&#038;o=1&#038;a=1440832013\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the eyes of a political cartoonist: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0231177860\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=0231177860&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=grlasbl0a-20&#038;linkId=b35b2c938c8593c77b5a902c5fca1e21\">The Madhouse Effect: How Climate Change Denial Is Threatening Our Planet, Destroying Our Politics, and Driving Us Crazy<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=grlasbl0a-20&#038;l=am2&#038;o=1&#038;a=0231177860\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A cogent account of he politics of climate denial: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0231152558\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=0231152558&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=grlasbl0a-20&#038;linkId=b756250d767d94145ca5556d2b29c3da\">The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=grlasbl0a-20&#038;l=am2&#038;o=1&#038;a=0231152558\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Follow the money: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0307947904\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=0307947904&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=grlasbl0a-20&#038;linkId=4210976b1a484e3befeabafa7ae2ca07\">Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=grlasbl0a-20&#038;l=am2&#038;o=1&#038;a=0307947904\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had the immense pleasure and great honor of joining Molly, Nick, and Tim on the Geeks Without God podcast to talk about the recent mailing of a book and some other material about climate change to science teachers, by the Heartland Institute. This mailing was an effort to sow seeds of doubt about climate &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/16\/heartland-institute-bs-book\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Heartland Institute BS Book<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24090,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[161,148,1840,1841],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5fhV1-6gx","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24089"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}