WTF, WOOD TV? What's With the Global Climate Change Skeptics?
Apparently the application form for meteorologists at WOOD TV has a box on it that asks "Are You a Global Climate Change Skeptic - YES or NO". Now WOOD weatherman Bill Steffen is carrying water for the corporate-funded, anti-environmental disinformation campaign on his blog:
Another WOOD TV 8 Meterologist Promoting Global Warming "Skepticism"
MediaMouse.org | Posted by Ed Cutlip on Thursday, April 30, 2009 at 11:00 AM
"WOOD TV 8 meteorologist Bill Steffen is picking up where Craig James left off in hyping flawed science on global warming. Before he retired, James never turned down the chance to either argue against global warming on his blog or in presentations to the community). Now Bill Steffen appears to be filling the void that was left when James quit and when his blog posts were erased from WOOD TV 8's website. Like Craig James, Steffen is using his status as a meteorologist--and a trusted member of the community for some--to argue against the scientific consensus on global warming. " (More...)
It's important to raise the issue of climate change denial among people even at the local weather personality level because these people are used as validation by the climate change denial crowd (including at the congressional level by people like Sen. James Inhofe).
Another WOOD TV 8 Meterologist Promoting Global Warming "Skepticism"
MediaMouse.org | Posted by Ed Cutlip on Thursday, April 30, 2009 at 11:00 AM
"WOOD TV 8 meteorologist Bill Steffen is picking up where Craig James left off in hyping flawed science on global warming. Before he retired, James never turned down the chance to either argue against global warming on his blog or in presentations to the community). Now Bill Steffen appears to be filling the void that was left when James quit and when his blog posts were erased from WOOD TV 8's website. Like Craig James, Steffen is using his status as a meteorologist--and a trusted member of the community for some--to argue against the scientific consensus on global warming. " (More...)
It's important to raise the issue of climate change denial among people even at the local weather personality level because these people are used as validation by the climate change denial crowd (including at the congressional level by people like Sen. James Inhofe).