Yesterday I wrote a piece outlining the apparently illogical pseudo-science being sold by Noel Sheppard at Newsbusters as justification for doing nothing to solve the crisis of human-induced globalย warming.ย
Shepard tries to make the claim that the discovery of the world’s oldest tree by Dr. Leif Kullman, professor at Umeรฅ University’s department of ecology and environmental science in Sweden, somehowย brought into question the entire theory of human-caused globalย warming.ย
Presumably, Shepard did not attempt to contact Dr. Kullman before putting in front of his readership the misinformation that he did. I know this because I emailed Dr. Kullman last night to comment on Sheppard’s piece and got this conciseย answer:
I find it quite strange how an old tree can be used in the climate changeย controversy.โย
So will Newsbusters be willing to correct their mistake? Will Sheppard do the responsible thing and print aย correction?ย
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