A Call to Support Michael Mann

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I’ve been a great ally of myย latest Point of Inquiry guest Michael Mann, and even called him a climate hero. I’veย blurbed his new book, saying theย following:

โ€œAlthough not initially of his own choosing, Michael Mann has been the most important, resilient, and outspoken warrior in the climate battleโ€“responding to threats and persecution with courage and resolve every step of the way. Anyone who cares about the climate issue must read his fascinatingโ€“andย enragingโ€“story.โ€

My feeling is that climate scientists in generalโ€“but Mann most of allโ€“have been unfairly attacked for ideological reasons. This has gone far beyond arguments over ideas, and has grown to involve lawsuits, congressional inquiries, and soย on.

Mann has risen to the challenge in the face of this, and become a powerful science communicator, as he demonstrates in his new book and on the show. But it hasn’t been easy, and my sympathies go out to him and also to his family.http://scienceprogressaction.org/intersection/wp-includes/js/tinymce/plugins/wordpress/img/trans.gif

As Mann explains inย The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars, he was a geek who started out programming computers to play the tic-tac-toe scenario from the movieย War Games. He later got into climate science because it was intellectually interesting and stimulating, following hisย mind.

There shouldn’t be a personal penalty forย that.

It is with all of this in mind that I want to draw your attention to aย recent letterย from the Climate Science Legal Defense Fund, calling for support for Mann (see alsoย here). I encourage you to to head over there and, if you believe in the cause, to make a donation.ย Check it outโ€“and you should alsoย buy Mann’s book, if you haven’tย already.

Finally,ย see hereย for a statement from the American Association for the Advancement of Science in support ofย Mann.

(This postย originally appearedย at Theย Intersection.)

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