{"id":280067,"date":"2023-09-23T13:59:36","date_gmt":"2023-09-23T11:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=280067"},"modified":"2023-09-23T13:59:39","modified_gmt":"2023-09-23T11:59:39","slug":"climate-empire-vs-the-rebellion-the-farce-is-strong-with-these-guys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=280067","title":{"rendered":"Climate Empire vs. The Rebellion: The Farce is Strong with These Guys"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"418\" data-attachment-id=\"280071\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=280071\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/00Screenshot-2023-09-23-135830.png?fit=974%2C563&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"974,563\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"00Screenshot-2023-09-23-135830\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/00Screenshot-2023-09-23-135830.png?fit=723%2C418&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/00Screenshot-2023-09-23-135830.png?resize=723%2C418&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-280071\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/00Screenshot-2023-09-23-135830.png?w=974&amp;ssl=1 974w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/00Screenshot-2023-09-23-135830.png?resize=300%2C173&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/00Screenshot-2023-09-23-135830.png?resize=768%2C444&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@HeartlandInstitute\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/yt3.ggpht.com\/ytc\/AOPolaRR2BK6cHGVPgEsfNDuACjTxSpfckG4hFrOHWmElQ=s48-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj\" alt=\"\">The Heartland Institute<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last week, Climate Change Roundtable discussed, &#8220;The failure of peer review: Climate is Beholden to Bullying and Bad Decisions.&#8221; That episode dealt with the bullying of a journal to remove a paper. 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