File under Mildly Amusing:

We wrote a while back about the Flat Earth Award students at Middlebury College dreamt up to recognize the leading lights of the climate-change denialist movement. Nominated were Rush Limbaugh, Michael Crichton, and Fred Singer.

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Well, on Earth Day it was announced that Singer won. Now he’s been kind enough to pen an acceptance speech.

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