[ASC-list] Climate sceptic funded out of US

[Vicki Burkitt]

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On 17 February 2012 15:23, Vicki Burkitt <vicki.burkitt at monash.edu> wrote:

> I flagged a commentary by Bob Carter in the Australian (attached) to a
> colleague recently as I wasn't sure whether to take Carter seriously or not.
>
> Vicki
>
>
> On 17 February 2012 15:07, Susan Kirk <skirk at iprimus.com.au> wrote:
>
>> This doesn't surprise me in the least and is going on a lot more than I
>> think any of us realise.  The trouble is it will destroy the credibility
>> of
>> science and scientists.
>>
>>
>> Susan Kirk
>> B.comm Journalist
>> Member: Australian Science Communicators (ASC)
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>> & Horticultural Media Association (Qld)  (HMAQ)
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>> >    1. Climate sceptic funded out of US (Toss Gascoigne)
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>> > Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:06:29 +1100
>> > From: Toss Gascoigne <director at tossgascoigne.com.au>
>> > To: ASC list ASC <asc-list at lists.asc.asn.au>
>> > Subject: [ASC-list] Climate sceptic funded out of US
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>> > Interesting story in the SMH today.
>> >
>> > Documents show that Professor Bob Carter, a leading climate change
>> > sceptic  is paid a monthly retainer by the US Heartland Institute.
>> >
>> > Heartland is a conservative think tank, and is paying Carter $US20,000
>> > as part of a program to pay "high-profile individuals who regularly
>> > and publicly counter the alarmist [anthropogenic global warming]
>> > message".
>> >
>> > Here's an extract from Wikipedia on Heartland:
>> >
>> > In the 1990s, the group worked with the tobacco company Philip Morris
>> > to question the science linking secondhand smoke to health risks, and
>> > to lobby against government public health reforms.[6][7][8] More
>> > recently, the Institute has focused on questioning the scientific
>> > consensus on climate change, and has sponsored meetings of climate
>> > change skeptics.
>> >
>> > Sounds like we have out own 'doubt-mongers' right here at home ....
>> >
>> >
>> http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/scientist-denies-he-is-mouthp
>> > iece-of-us-climatesceptic-think-tank-20120215-1t6yi.html
>> >
>> > Carter writes regularly for News Ltd.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > ************
>> > Toss Gascoigne and Associates
>> > 56 Vasey Cres
>> > CAMPBELL ACT 2612
>> >
>> > P. 02 6249 7400
>> > M. 0408 704 442
>> > E. director at tossgascoigne.com.au
>> > W. tossgascoigne.com.au
>> > Skype. tossgascoigne
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>> > ABN:  31 068 557 522
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