Michael Mann sued after two conservative writers liked his work to acts of infamous child molester Jerry Sandusky.

A jury on Thursday awarded $1 million to climate scientist Michael Mann, who sued a pair of conservative writers 12 years ago after they compared his depictions of global warming to a convicted child molester.

Mann, a professor of climate science at the University of Pennsylvania, rose to fame for a graph first published in 1998 in the journal Nature that was dubbed the “hockey stick” for its dramatic illustration of a warming planet.

The work brought Mann wide exposure but also many skeptics, including the two writers Mann took to court for comments that he said affected his career and reputation in the U.S. and internationally.

“It feels great,” Mann said Thursday after the six-person jury delivered its verdict. “It’s a good day for us, it’s a good day for science.”

    • Flying Squid
      15•11 months ago

      The Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT) is a US-based 501©(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1985 that advocates for free-market solutions to environmental issues. According to its mission statement, CFACT also seeks to protect private property rights, promote economic policies that reduce pollution and protect wildlife, and provide an “alternative voice on issues of environment and development”.[2][3]

      The organization rejects the scientific consensus on climate change.[4][5]

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee_for_a_Constructive_Tomorrow

      And you think linking to that organization’s website will convince anyone here?