"Thank You, Doctor. And Now, for the Opposing View, Here's Joe Camel."

One of the more pernicious things about climate change denial is how its promulgators get attention in venues that should really know better. In today's example of this, USA Today is the culprit. The editors wrote a solid piece talking about the dangers of climate change, but for some reason decided to run another, "opposing view" article. This factually-challenged OpEd was penned by Joseph Bast, who is the President of the Heartland Institute, which receives generous funding from fossil fuel co...