James M. Taylor is senior fellow for environment policy at The Heartland Institute
According to Wikipedia, the Heartland Institute is a libertarian American public policy think tank based in Chicago, Illinois which advocates free market policies. The Heartland Institute questions the scientific consensus on climate change, arguing that global warming is not occurring
Is James paid by the use of the word "alarmist"?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environmen...-change-denier
It's that time of year again, when the Heartland Institute gathers together climate naysayers to deny the reality of global climate change.
In a previous post on this blog, James Randerson recognised the similarity between creationists and climate change denialists and their tactics of sowing confusion and doubt about established science.
But the similarities are not just with creationists. The same tactics are used by those who deny the link between HIV and Aids and those who subscribe to any number of bizarre conspiracy theories from 9/11 conspiracies to lizard people.
It's important to recognise that you shouldn't play their game. They'll never be satisfied because they simply don't want to believe the science – for ideological reasons.