Reason wins in court: Creator of phoney hockey stick graph made to pay court costs to real climate scientist, Tim Ball

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From American Thinker 

Michael Mann, creator of the infamous global warming ‘hockey stick,’ loses lawsuit against climate skeptic, ordered to pay defendant’s costs

By Thomas Lifson

Michael Mann, a climatologist at Penn State University, is the creator of the “hockey stick graph” that appears to show global temperatures taking a noticeable swing upward in the era when humanity has been burning fossil fuels and dumping CO2 into the atmosphere. The graph was first published in 1998,prominently featured in the 2001 UN Climate Report, and formed part of Al Gore’s 2006 movie, An Inconvenient Truth.The graph’s methodology and accuracy have been and continue to be hotly contested, but Mann has taken the tack of suing two of his most prominent critics for defamation or libel. One case, against Mark Steyn, is called by Steyn likely toend up in the Supreme Court. But another case, against Dr. Tim Ball was decided by the Supreme Court of British Columbia, with Mann’s case thrown out, and him ordered to pay the defendant’s legal costs, no doubt a tidy sum of money. News first broke in Wattsupwiththat, via an email Ball sent to Anthony Watt. Later, Principia-Scientific offered extensive details, including much background on the hockey stick.

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6 Replies to “Reason wins in court: Creator of phoney hockey stick graph made to pay court costs to real climate scientist, Tim Ball”

  2. The Real Answer to warming is here:

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    The American Patriot
    Published on Jul 24, 2011
    Henrik Svensmark’s documentary on climate change and cosmic rays.
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    • Yes, Svensmark’s work is in fact real climate science, generating a model with actual predictive value. I post that video to this site quite often, and its also in the Global Warming static page.

      Thank you for posting it again. It is the most important work on climate and temperature out there.

  3. In 1987, the sky is falling Proffessor, told the class by 2014 all of Florida would be under water. I remember the paniced reaction of the younger students and can’t help but wonder the impact the loony politicians and teachers are having on young people today.

    • Im looking forward to seeing the reaction to the first person I tell, that both Gore and Obama bought multi-million dollar homes right on the beach. I am pretty sure they will compartmentalize that fact though. After all, Global warming is scientism not science.

      • The religion of Global Warming that is a break off sect from the religion of Marxism. The religion of Global Warming has the same goals of the Church of Marxism but adds in virtue signaling feature of saving the planet.