Oregon not a reliable source on climate

Quoting the Oregon Petition as a source of informed opinion about climate change is ridiculous. The Oregon Petition was promoted by the Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine, a quite small independent research group, in 1998 and is quoted by climate change sceptics frequently. Its 9000-plus PhD signatories are predominantly qualified in engineering, not climate […]

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