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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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 Posted - 02/14/2012 : 22:48:43
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Hat tip to Greg Laden.
Finally, it appears we're getting the inside dirt from the Heartland Institute, that so-called think tank that targets good science, such as science that confirms the dangers of smoking, and of man-made climate change. Heartland is best thought of as an institution for hire by corporations that have "science problems." Just hire Heartland, and they'll hire some scientists to say whatever you need said. You don't have to get your corporate hands dirty (or leave fingerprints), just make an anonymous contribution, Heartland will do the rest.
A tactical goal of Heartland is stated as "... providing curriculum that shows that the topic of climate change is controversial and uncertain -- two key points that are effective at dissuading teachers from teaching science." (Added emphasis.) Please read that again, thoughtfully.
Here's the context that the above comes from:| Development of our "Global Warming Cirriculum for K-12 Classrooms" project. Principals and teachers are heavily biased towards the alarmist perspective. To counter this we are considering launching an effort to develop alternative materials for K-12 classrooms. We are pursuing a proposal from Dr. David Wojick to produce a global warming cirriculum for K-12 schools. Dr. Wojick is a consultant with the Office of Scientific and Technical Information at the U.S. Department of Energy in the area of information and communication science. His effort wil focus on providing curriculum that shows that the topic of climate change is controversial and uncertain -- two key points that are effective at dissuading teachers from teaching science. We tentatively plan to pay Dr. Wojick $100,000 for 20 modules in 2012, with funding pledged by the Anonymous Donor. |
EDITED TO ADD: Greg Laden also links to Desmog Blog, among others.
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
Edited by - HalfMooner on 02/15/2012 03:46:49
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Insider secrets of denialist Heartland Inst leaked
