Earlier this month, Aaron Ross reported at Mother Jones that Austrailian climate scientists were receiving death threats.
Because of their work supporting carbon emissions taxes, more than 30 climate researchers reported that they received "threatening violence, sexual assault, public smear campaigns and attacks on family members." In fact several universities moved targeted researchers to secure locations. Many researchers have had to get unlisted phone numbers because of the harassment. One researcher received threats of sexual assault and violence against her children after her photograph appeared in a newspaper article promoting a community tree planting event.
The climate denial narrative is fueled by hate as much as its purveyors are fueled by pulling carbon out of the ground and putting it in the atmosphere. Following a similar pattern that appeared in a threat campaign against US climate scientists, the Austrailian researchers are getting similar gruesome treatment. These threats are not to be ignored. In the UK threats were viscious enough that climate scientist Phil Jones considered committing suicide.
Now that the climate debate turns nasty as Australia tries to price CO2, famous UK climate denier Christopher Monkton turns up to throw more fossil fuel on the fire. He has to make sure that the hate remains as high as the logical fallacy by launching a full effort to brand Austrailian climate advisor as a Nazi and a fascist.