--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Hugo" <richardhughes...@...> wrote: <snip> > Anyone else noticed the sudden increase in headline AGW > stories? It's almost as if the hot air from the > "climategate" camp has raised precipitation of contrary > news items. An interesting phenomenon, but are editors > searching out "positive" climate change stories to ensure > the pendulum doesn't swing too far into the naysayers camp > by bringing weight of research onto it. Or is it that they > are a bit embarrassed by the e-mail furore and are trying > to over-compensate?
Probably all of the above. The timing of the release of the hacked emails was excellent for the denier camp, coming right before Copenhagen, but there would have been an increase around this time in the number of articles both pro and con even without the emails. Also in the U.S., Congress is working on a cap-and-trade plan, which also raises the AGW issue. So there are several different factors involved in bringing it to the fore.
