What would it feel like to have your life’s work, along with your integrity, rubbished by an orchestrated pack of self serving liars and ignorant bullies whose only discernable talent is in grabbing A LOT of media attention for their unfounded gobbledegook?

For an insightful discussion of the depths of ridiculousness to which climate deniers have sunk the debate, read Professor Stephan Lewandowsky’s Climate debate: opinion vs evidence

The upshot is:

The laws of physics will relentlessly assert themselves, unswayed by public opinion, political shenanigans, or elections. Ultimately, the laws of physics will speak
so loudly that no amount of wishful thinking can prevent them from being heard; but because any delay in taking action against climate change will
increase the human and financial burden on future generations, it is our responsibility now to cease tolerating lies, misrepresentations,
puerile accusations, and conspiracy theories that are unworthy of public discourse in a mature democracy.

Driven by a mix of greed and ignorant arrogance in the extreme, it is about time the vicious, relentless attacks upon scientists and climate commentators are exposed for what they are. Clive Hamilton’s sobering and thoroughly referenced series on climate denier orchestrated smear campaigns (see links below) provides ample factual ammunition to at least start mobilising a fight back.

Bullying, lies and the rise of right-wing climate denial
Who is orchestrating the cyber-bullying?
Think tanks, oil money and black ops
Manufacturing a scientific scandal
Who's defending science?

Join up, protest, propose, create. It’s messy, endless and uncertain of success. Perhaps you see yourself as above this futility, but it’s all we’ve got and all we’ve ever had. And sometimes it works. (George Monbiot in a debate with Paul Kingsnorth, published in the Guardian, 17 August 2009)

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