Clive Hamilton on science under siege

​Clive Hamilton has written a very sensible piece in The Conversation about the difficulties scientists are having in getting their voices heard.  See it here  In the discussion that follows you will find the usual trotted out by the Merchants of Doubt and their followers so if you are signed in add your piece to the discussion.  
While The Conversation wants to be open to all views and not edit the plainly wrong it has had a worrying number of "climate skeptics" joining into the discussions of late albeit with some reasonably muscular responses.