David Roberts is right. It's incredibly embarrassing that The Politico published these stories. But it's not necessarily surprising. The stories read like they're written by a political reporter who got tossed on the environmentalism beat, and that seems to be pretty close to the case. Lovely is a writer for the lobbying section, but she's writing about climate science. I can't speak to whether she has a background in climate science, but if she does, it's sure not evident. Which is how, presumably, we get stories about the "Gore Effect," in which it gets colder when Al Gore gives speeches ("While there's no scientific proof that The Gore Effect is anything more than a humorous coincidence, some climate skeptics say it may offer a snapshot of proof that the planet isn't warming as quickly as some climate change advocates say.") and how we end up with articles that manage to argue that global climate cooling science is convincing scientists but doesn't mention any of the science or the newly convinced scientists. It does, however, manage to quote people in James Inhofe's office, so at least she got the Senate's resident crazy on record.
