It’s not just mountaintop removal mining that’s making activists of scientists. Now a group of 40 climate scientists backed by the Union of Concerned Scientists has written a letter demanding a meeting with American Farm Bureau President Bob Stallman to discuss his group’s continued endorsement of climate denial and refusal to acknowledge the reality of anthropogenic climate change. For its part, the AFB shows no sign of backing down. According to ag journalist Chris Clayton, the AFB’s annual meeting which starts this weekend will feature the group’s climate denial prominently (sub req’d):

Farm Bureau
has been opposed to climate legislation in Congress that would work to
reduce greenhouse-gas emissions through cap-and-trade, which would cap
emissions and establish a trading program for emission allowances and
offsets. Farm Bureau’s campaign is “Don’t CAP Our Future,” which is
being highlighted at the AFBF convention.

At the convention, Farm Bureau has scheduled a
seminar titled “Global Warming: A Red Hot Lie?” which will be given by
an attorney from the Competitive Enterprise Institute.

And who is this attorney? According to UCS he is none other than:

[C]limate change denier Christopher Horner, who will be the only
scheduled speaker addressing climate at the annual American Farm Bureau
meeting later this week in Seattle. Horner is an attorney with the
Competitive Enterprise Institute, an industry-funded, anti-regulation
think tank that has received millions of dollars over the last decade
from the auto and oil companies, most notably ExxonMobil, to try to
block federal action on climate change.

Sigh. The climate scientists on the other hand beg to differ. From their letter (PDF):