Integrity of Science

Bad Science Leads to Bad Policy, No Matter Your Political Beliefs

Peter H. Gleick | Posted 12.28.2011

Peter H. Gleick

Good science can play a key role in evaluating the impacts of an oyster farm inside the Point Reyes National Seashore in Marin County, California. But we're not getting good science.

Whitewashing Scientific Misconduct at the Department of the Interior: Into the Intellectual Wilderness

Peter H. Gleick | Posted 05.29.2011

Peter H. Gleick

A report on the Point Reyes National Seashore debacle from the Department of the Interior has been released that acknowledges the scientific arguments of damage from the oyster farm are false.

Montana Considers Repealing Reality in the Interest of Economic Development

Peter H. Gleick | Posted 05.25.2011

Peter H. Gleick

Montana Representative Joe Read's bill, "An Act Stating Montana's Position on Global Warming," repeals the laws of nature and the realities of science.

A Brief Lesson in the Integrity of Science: Climate Scientists Challenge Bad Science, No Matter the Source

Peter H. Gleick | Posted 05.25.2011

Peter H. Gleick

Do real scientists sometimes make mistakes? Sure. But it is precisely their willingness to identify, acknowledge, and correct mistakes when they are found that sets them apart from climate deniers.

Climate Fraud and Hypocrisy

Peter H. Gleick | Posted 05.25.2011

Peter H. Gleick

Here are four well-worn arguments regularly put forward by deniers in public forums despite the fact that they've all been debunked (over and over and over) by scientists.

Climate Change and the Integrity of Science, Again

Peter H. Gleick | Posted 05.25.2011

Peter H. Gleick

Five months ago, Science magazine published the following Lead Letter, signed by 255 members of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences addressing atta...

Dr. Stephen Schneider, Climate Warrior

Peter H. Gleick | Posted 05.25.2011

Peter H. Gleick

Earlier today, Dr. Stephen Schneider, professor at Stanford University and one of the world's most brilliant, thoughtful, tough, and insightful climate scientists died.

Using Misleading Science to Fool the Public: Bottled Water, BP's Gulf Oil Spill, and Climate Change

Peter H. Gleick | Posted 05.25.2011

Peter H. Gleick

Here are three examples from recent interactions between policy and science where science and statistics are being misused in a similar manner to mislead the public and policy makers.

Remarkable Insight Into the Climate Denial Machine

Peter H. Gleick | Posted 05.25.2011

Peter H. Gleick

The focus on the altered picture that accompanied a letter decrying attacks on climate science in Science is just another attempt by deniers to divert attention from the facts of climate change.