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New Climate Change Web Site Promises to be ‘Eco-News on Steroids’
CNSNews ^
| Wednesday, April 08, 2009
| Matt Cover
Posted on 04/10/2009 6:12:30 PM PDT by Delacon
An environmental news Web site that creators say will be the most comprehensive information center for climate and energy news and information, launched Wednesday.
ClimateDepot.com, which is owned by the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT), is intended to an information clearinghouse featuring investigative reports alongside policy briefs aimed at lawmakers, teachers, parents, and the general public, according to its managing editor, Marc Morano.
The purpose is to provide the American people and, frankly, the international community with an alternative to the mainstream media and the environmental pablum they serve up to their viewers and readers every single day, Morano told CNSNews.com.
Morano said that the Web site wouldnt be just another home for climate change skeptics it would expose readers to the entire spectrum of climate change debate.
The Web site will feature links to former Vice President Al Gores global warming blog, as well as to the U.N.s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change -- the worlds premier proponent of anthropogenic (man-made) global warming.
What were trying to do is offer people a counter (weight), he said.
The site will also offer research and environmental news that questions the theory of man-made global warming.
Parents with kids -- who are being fed daily propaganda about the environment and global warming -- college kids, teachers, lawmakers, the general public, anyone interested in this issue, theyre going to have an opportunity to read the latest climate and environmental news, Morano added.
In addition to the latest in environmental news and information, Morano said the site will also serve as an unofficial ombudsman for environmental fact-checking and will rank reporters based on the accuracy and balance of their environmental stories.
Another feature of the site will be informational guides for parents, lawmakers, experts and reporters that concisely explain the complex scientific and environmental issues surrounding the global warming controversy including funding reports that show which advocacy and lobbying groups are bankrolling which public figures.
Morano said he also plans to track what Hollywood celebrities say about environmental issues.
Morano, who previously edited the Senate EPW Press Blog for Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), the ranking Republican on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, is a former investigative journalist who previously worked at CNSNews.com.
The Sierra Club, a liberal environmental group, accused Morano of waging a disinformation campaign through his new Web site.
I woudn't call anything Marc Morano puts out information. Club spokesman Josh Dorner told CNSNews.com. I would call it disinformation.
Marc Morano and his cohorts are in the business of spreading lies, mistruths, half-truths, and really are the last hold-outs in a debate that has, frankly, moved on from the position that they're in, Dorner said.
But the activist is unfazed by the criticism. Environmentalist voices like the Sierra Clubs will be included on the CFACT site, Morano said, in an effort to give the public access to all sides of the climate debate.
Theyre going to see both sides, he pledged. Theyre going to get to see what Al Gore is saying. Theyre going to get to see what the environmentalists are saying. Theyre going to get to see what skeptical scientists are saying. Theyre going to get to see the latest peer-reviewed studies. Its a clearinghouse for the latest information.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cfact; climatechange; climatedepot; globalwarming; marcmorano
Bookmarked http://climatedepot.com/
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posted on
04/10/2009 6:12:31 PM PDT
by
Delacon
To: steelyourfaith; xcamel; neverdem; Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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posted on
04/10/2009 6:13:24 PM PDT
by
Delacon
("The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule." H. L. Mencken)
To: Delacon
Still gonna’ get real cold and snowy in the near future.
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posted on
04/10/2009 6:14:56 PM PDT
by
muawiyah
To: muawiyah
“Still gonna get real cold and snowy in the near future”.
Climate Depot is headed up by Marc Morano, arguably the most vocal and effective global warming skeptic on the planet. He’d probably agree with you.
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posted on
04/10/2009 6:20:00 PM PDT
by
Delacon
("The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule." H. L. Mencken)
To: Delacon
Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow??
Sounds like another Socialist nanny-state site. I will apologize if mistaken.
Sounds suspiciously like the group Obama's new Global Warming Czar belonged to until she was appointed by the Great One...
Socialists International
Let's check it out...
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posted on
04/10/2009 6:25:48 PM PDT
by
Publius6961
(Change is not a plan; Hope is not a strategy.)
To: Delacon
Oh this sounds like one of those kooks sites that might suggest the Sun has something to do with global warming! How can the sun warm the planet, it is like 93 million miles away....
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posted on
04/10/2009 6:26:52 PM PDT
by
Always Right
(Obama: more arrogant than Bill Clinton, more naive than Jimmy Carter, and more liberal than LBJ.)
To: Publius6961
Sounds like another Socialist nanny-state site. I will apologize if mistaken No, this guy is a straight shooter. The Sierra Club and the New York Times are sliming him.
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posted on
04/10/2009 6:29:20 PM PDT
by
Always Right
(Obama: more arrogant than Bill Clinton, more naive than Jimmy Carter, and more liberal than LBJ.)
To: Delacon
They're already gathering at the Algore Institute for Cap 'n' Trade trying to come up with a response to this website.
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posted on
04/10/2009 6:29:53 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(So Orwell was off by 25 years! So what!)
To: Delacon; Defendingliberty; Genesis defender; WL-law; Normandy; TenthAmendmentChampion; FrPR; ...
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posted on
04/10/2009 6:29:55 PM PDT
by
steelyourfaith
(What new from the Thief-in-Chief?)
To: muawiyah
Either it’s cold, hot, warmer, colder to these lunatics it’s called Climate Change. They covered everything...it’s man’s fault.
Unless they change it to Global Hope or some BS propaganda slogan like “hope and change”.
To: Publius6961
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posted on
04/10/2009 6:31:30 PM PDT
by
Delacon
("The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule." H. L. Mencken)
To: Always Right
OK. I was wrong. I am a solid believer that you can best judge the value and effectiveness of a man by his enemies.
Judging by this juvenile name-calling hissy-fit attack, he certainly has my support, and I've bookmarked his site.
The link below is remarkable. As a result of a debate on global warming which this nutjob apparently lost, he manages to bring in Murtha's record, the Swift Boats fiasco, and maybe I missed it, but he must have snuck in some gay propaganda.
He certainly didn't address any facts relevant to the warming debate.
Neurotic Global Warming Rant
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posted on
04/10/2009 6:40:23 PM PDT
by
Publius6961
(Change is not a plan; Hope is not a strategy.)
To: Publius6961
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posted on
04/10/2009 6:57:15 PM PDT
by
Delacon
("The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule." H. L. Mencken)
To: Delacon; 11B40; A Balrog of Morgoth; A message; ACelt; Aeronaut; AFPhys; AlexW; America_Right; ...
To: Publius6961
the Great One... That title already belongs to Mark Levin. And he actually deserves it.
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posted on
04/10/2009 9:02:13 PM PDT
by
Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
To: Delacon
“INFORMATION”, like “Education”, is a codeword for Socialist propaganda in this country.
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posted on
04/11/2009 6:37:56 AM PDT
by
RoadTest
(I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. - John 14:6)
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