Roger Pielke Jr.: Guilty as Charged (DeSmog backfires again)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- June 29, 2026 1 Comment

Desmog Blog continues to profile climate and energy realists as if their views (against climate exaggeration and magical energy policy) were prima facie proof of wrongdoing. MasterResource has documented many Desmog backfires where the evidence presented would be pretty much accepted by the targeted person–and most folks outside of the Climate Industrial Complex (including academics wed to ‘the cause’).

Not surprisingly, the DeSmog hit list has expanded to suggest a majority. The waiting list for inclusion is huge. I have suggested that many more be profiled as a badge of honor, of courage.

Here is the latest: a repeat on Roger Pilke Jr. that presents his legitimate, common-sense views. The open-minded alarmist is invited to follow Pielke’s empirically derived research to cure “climate anxiety,” in fact.

DeSmog begins:

Roger Pielke Jr.

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Lee R. Raymond: Guilty as Charged (DeSmog backfires again)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- June 17, 2026 1 Comment

Ed. Note: Today’s post concludes a three-part lookback at Lee R. Raymond (1938–2026), the no-nonsense value-creator at Exxon Mobil (also see Part I and Part II).

The large, ever-growing list of climate “deniers” at DeSmog Blog documents a growing consensus against climate exaggeration and “green” energy inferiority. MasterResource has long documented this “backfire” at this Progressive Left, anti-fossil-fuel UK website.

The energy and climate views of Lee R. Raymond are presented by DeSmog below. Read and decide for yourself; was Exxon/Exxon-Mobil’s leader (1993–2005) correct in his time and today? Many scientific, economic, and political trends, in fact, are moving in the direction that his thinking would support.

Credentials

  • Honorary Doctor of Laws, University of Minnesota (May 16, 2011).1
  • PhD, chemical engineering, University of Minnesota (1963).2
  • BSc, chemical engineering, University of Wisconsin–Madison (1960).
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DeSmog Backfires Again (fundraising help for ‘skeptic’ organizations?)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- January 21, 2026 No Comments

Ed. Note: The previous successes of the Heartland Institute in the EU/UK have been chronicled here and here. This post provides the latest DeSmog “expose” of Heartland’s successes, which is a fundraising/donation coup for James Taylor, as he explains below.

DeSmog’s investigative hit pieces are backfiring, which should concern financial supporters of this Left Progressive group. The latest example was amplified by James Taylor, head of the Heartland Institute and architect of its climate-related programs in the U.S. and abroad.

“Last week,” his recent fundraising letter went, “one of our loudest critics accidentally told the truth.” Taylor continued:

An activist website called Desmog published an article attempting to attack The Heartland Institute. Instead, it exposed just how far our influence now reaches.  The article maps Heartland’s growing network across the UK and Europe.

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“Who Are the Climate Deniers Fighting the Endangerment Finding?” (the new majority, DeSmog)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- August 13, 2025 1 Comment

The headline reads: “DeSmog has been tracking the efforts of fossil fuel trade associations, policymakers, and industry backed-groups out to demolish U.S. climate policy for years.” Yes, and add to that list the hundreds if not thousands of climate and energy realists who challenge climate alarmism and forced energy transformation every hour on different social media platforms, such as on Facebook and LinkedIn (I being one of them).

Author Geoff Dembicki lists the American Petroleum Institute, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Project 2025, Heartland Institute, the “Koch Network,” and “Trump’s Climate Working Group.” That’s a start, but what about the nearly 1,000 “climate deniers” listed in DeSmog’s Climate Disinformation Database?

Perhaps it would be more efficient and better to instead list all of the climate alarmist organizations and magical thinking energy groups.…

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Heartland UK/Europe: More Progress! (DeSmog confirms again)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- June 24, 2025 No Comments Continue Reading

DeSmog’s Climate Chart Needs You!

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Climate Censorship? (CAAD pushing on a string)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- February 27, 2025 1 Comment Continue Reading

Heartland Institute in the UK/EU: Guilty as Charged! (DeSmog backfire)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- January 31, 2025 No Comments Continue Reading

DeSmog “Climate Disinformation” Database: Nominate Yourself!

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- August 1, 2024 2 Comments Continue Reading

‘Skeptical Science’ Gets Comeuppance on Social Media

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- June 12, 2024 7 Comments Continue Reading