Conservatives Attempt to Deny Climate Science: Doing the Bidding of Big Business Heartland -- those dirty bastards: Heartland Institute's Leaked Documents Reveal Climate Skepticism Efforts The origins of the dirty, dastardly, documents from Heartland: Peter H. Gleick: The Origin of the Heartland Documents ---------------------- Leaked internal documents expose some of the mechanisms a prominent 'free-market' think tank uses to discredit climate science. Heartland's leaked documents show how climate skepticism spreads - CSMonitor.com --- In a statement released Wednesday, the Pacific Institute's board of directors said outside counsel had conducted an independent investigation that "supported what Dr. Gleick has stated publicly regarding his interaction with the Heartland Institute. This independent investigation has further confirmed and the Pacific Institute is satisfied that none of its staff knew of or was involved in any way." President of Pacific Institute returns to post after absence - latimes.com -------------------------------- and we have this: Earth may be near tipping point, scientists warn A group of scientists warns that population growth, climate change and environmental damage are pushing Earth toward calamitous and irreversible changes. Earth may be near tipping point, scientists warn - latimes.com