Well, not really, but it almost feels that good. Michael Mann has been a real mensch, taking it in the neck from the worst of the AGW denialists. A couple of days ago he published an editorial piece in the Vail Daily in response to an earlier piece of drek by Martin Hertzberg. Have a look:<\/p>\n
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An individual named Martin Hertzberg did a grave disservice to your readers by making false and defamatory statements about me and my climate scientist colleagues in his recent commentary in your paper.<\/p>\n
It’s hard to imagine anyone packing more lies and distortions into a single commentary. Mr. Hertzberg uses libelous language in characterizing the so-called \u00e2\u20ac\u0153hockey stick\u00e2\u20ac\u009d — work of my own published more than a decade ago showing that recent warming is unusual over at least the past 1,000 years — as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153fraudulent,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and claiming that it \u00e2\u20ac\u0153it was fabricated from carefully selected tree-ring measurements with a phony computer program.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <\/p>\n
These are just lies, regurgitation of dishonest smears that have been manufactured by fossil fuel industry-funded climate change deniers, and those who do their bidding by lying to the public about the science.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
There is much more to the letter, click here to read it<\/a>. Oh, and while you are there don’t forget to click the “Recommend” button at the top of the post (below the title). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Well, not really, but it almost feels that good. Michael Mann has been a real mensch, taking it in the neck from the worst of the AGW denialists. A couple of days ago he published an editorial piece in the Vail Daily in response to an earlier piece of drek by Martin Hertzberg. Have a … Continue reading Climate Scientist Kicks Bully In Teeth<\/span>