Prof Peter Hotez: ‘In our forthcoming book Science Under Siege, Michael Mann & I report on the growing/troubling alliance between the far right and the health/wellness empire pushing nutritional supplements, fake autism cures, ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine, making millions’
1/n In our forthcoming book “Science Under Siege” @public_affairs, @MichaelEMann and I report on the growing/troubling alliance between the far right and the health/wellness empire pushing nutritional supplements, fake autism cures, ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine, making millions https://t.co/20e5T3i5ci — Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD (@PeterHotez) March 23, 2024
A Jury Found Climate Skeptic Mark Steyn Liable For Defamation — Legal Experts Say He Has A Chance To Win On Appeal
https://dailycaller.com/2024/03/14/michael-mann-mark-steyn-hockey-stick-defamation-appeal/ A Washington, D.C., jury concluded that Mark Steyn — a right-of-center political pundit who referenced a separate blog post comparing climate scientist Michael Mann to serial pedophile Jerry Sandusky for the former’s purported data manipulation in his signature 1998 “hockey stick” climate model — liable for defaming Mann. Steyn is appealing the court’s decision […]
National Review to Michael Mann: You owe us $1 Million for your ‘frivolous lawsuits’ against free speech
https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/03/michael-mann-owes-us-1-million/ By THE EDITORS March 13, 2024 On Monday, National Review filed a motion in the Superior Court for the District of Columbia to recover a portion of the legal fees that Michael Mann’s frivolous lawsuits have forced us to spend over the last twelve years. We cannot recover the time and effort that Mann has wasted, but we […]
Mann v. Steyn: Round 2
https://judithcurry.com/2024/03/11/mann-v-steyn-round-2/ by Judith Curry The latest developments. Some new filings from Mark Steyn: New Trial: Judgment as Matter of Law: Stay of Execution: Further details at steynonline [link]
UN IPCC’s New ‘Hockey Stick’ Temperature Graph
IPCC’s New “Hockey Stick” Temperature Graph by haakonsk The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published their latest assessment report (AR6) in 2021. In 2023, the Clintel Foundation published a report which criticizes AR6. Clintel is short for Climate Intelligence, and the Clintel Foundation doesn’t think there’s a climate emergency. Overall, Clintel’s main criticism is that […]
The Hockey Stick Trial: Science Dies in a DC Courtroom
https://www.realclearenergy.org/articles/2024/02/19/the_hockey_stick_trial_science_dies_in_a_dc_courtroom_1012630.html By Rupert Darwall Excerpt: “Science,” wrote the philosopher Karl Popper, “is one of the very few human activities – perhaps the only one – in which errors are systematically criticised and fairly often, in time, corrected.” The sub-title of Popper’s 1963 book Conjectures and Refutations, in which he argued that science progresses through inspired conjectures […]
Terence Corcoran: The heated battle between ‘skeptics’ and climate ‘dictators’
https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/terence-corcoran-heated-battle-between-112049196.html By Terence Corcoran In a decision last week that should shock all who believe in free speech and open science debate, a Washington Superior Court jury found journalist Mark Steyn and another writer guilty of defaming Michael Mann, the Penn State climate scientist behind the “Hockey Stick graph,” possibly the greatest global warming marketing tool […]
Mann v. Steyn: A BITTERLY DISAPPOINTING VERDICT – ‘To deter anyone from ever again arguing that climate change alarmists are wrong’
of Power Line Blog: In John Williams’ closing argument on behalf of Mann, he said that the jury should award punitive damages so that in the future, no one will dare engage in “climate denialism”–whatever that is–just as Donald Trump’s “election denialism” needs to be suppressed. In 41 years of trying cases to juries, I never heard such an outrageously improper appeal.
Michael Mann’s lawyer has made it explicit: impose an arbitrary seven figure penalty on Mark Steyn, not to compensate the plaintiff Michael Mann, who didn’t suffer any damages whatsoever, but rather to deter anyone from ever again arguing that climate change alarmists are wrong, however flawed their science may be.
WaPo Gloating! ‘Famed climate scientist wins million-dollar verdict against right-wing bloggers’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/02/08/michael-mann-bloggers-defamation-trial/ WaPo: “The verdict comes amid heightened attacks on scientists working on climate change, vaccines and other issues.” Excerpt: Michael Mann, a prominent climate scientist, won his long-standing legal battle against two right-wing bloggers who claimed that he manipulated data in his research and compared him to convicted child molester Jerry Sandusky, a major victory […]
Climatologist Dr. Judith Curry releases her Expert Report on Michael Mann from trial – Curry: ‘It is reasonable to have referred to the Hockey Stick in 2012 as ‘fraudulent’
Re the Mann v. Simberg/Steyn trial, I've posted the text of my Expert Report prepared at the request of Steyn's lawyers. While this wasn't admitted into evidence, it provides some much need context for the trial.https://t.co/tZwfcmhKli — Judith Curry (@curryja) February 8, 2024 JC’s expert report by Judith Curry Here is the text of the […]