Personal Attacks On Climate Scientists

The Board of Directors of The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) recently published a statement regarding personal attacks against climate scientists.  The statement begins:

"Reports of harassment, death threats, and legal challenges have created a hostile environment that inhibits the free exchange of scientific findings and ideas and makes it difficult for factual information and scientific analyses to reach policymakers and the public."

The anti-science atmosphere in the United States has spawned such activities.  It is long over the time when rational people need to speak out against science-deniers.  The United States, and the rest of the world, cannot afford this kind of thinking and action.