The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[Motorboat Cruiser]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

In Oregon, or so I've read, a state climatologist could be fired simply for his view on it.

He is not a state climatologist.

Although Taylor is often referred to as the state climatologist for Oregon, that job was dissolved by the 1989 Legislature.

Taylor runs the Oregon State-based Oregon Climate Service, which performs many of the same duties that the state climatologist once did. But Gov. Ted Kulongoski is careful to point out that Taylor is not a state official.

Taylor is listed as a scientific adviser for a group that receives money from ExxonMobil and says on its Web site that escalating greenhouse gases are good for the Earth, promoting plant life and bringing "growth and prosperity to man and nature alike."