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Peter Ridd and the climate sceptics | The Saturday Paper

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Doing what Big Tobacco has been doing for years (ODT)

“It gives the shrill voices someone with science credentials who they can use to support their claims about bogus science and conspiracy theories and so on.”

Dismissed by James Cook University, climate sceptic Peter Ridd sued for unfair dismissal and won. Now, he’s touring the globe, and being feted for insisting the Great Barrier Reef is fine and the science behind claims to the contrary is broken. By Max Opray.

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Climate science deniers make hay over Peter Ridd case

‘this trial was about none of the above. Rather, this trial was purely and simply about the proper construction of a clause in an Enterprise Agreement.’ 

JCU has been at pains to point out that Ridd “was never gagged or silenced about his scientific views,” a matter that, Cocklin said, “was admitted during the court hearing.”

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Peter Ridd: The new hero of climate science denial

Ridd says he stands for ‘truth and honesty’ and has spent his ‘whole life fighting for scientific truth’.

The problem is that the version of the “truth” he has been standing alongside, including his own arguments, have been repeatedly shot down by the world’s leading scientific institutions.

Despite this, and despite the howls of his supporters, Ridd remains free to voice his “truth”.

via Peter Ridd: The new hero of climate science denial