Romm is a physicist who was elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2008, for "distinguished service toward a sustainable energy future and for persuasive discourse on why citizens, corporations, and governments should adopt sustainable technologies."<ref>New Frontier website, accessed Jan. 2016, https://frontierfinancials.com/about-us/our-advisors/about-dr-joseph-romm/</ref> Romm is a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, where he founded their blog, Climate Progress."<ref>Center for American Progress webiste, accessed Jan. 2016, https://www.americanprogress.org/about/staff/romm-joseph/bio/</ref>
Kloor had repeatedly attacked Romm in ''Nature'' magazine's online site.<ref>Joe Romm, Climate Progress, Nov. 1, 2009, accessed Jan. 2016, http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2009/11/01/204856/keith-kloor-trash-journalist/</ref> As one commenter noted, "There’s almost not a week that goes by in which you don’t have something derisive to say about Joe Romm, often times in concert with [[Roger Pielke Jr.]]<ref>Nature magazine blog, Oct. 21, 2009, accessed Jan. 2016, http://blogs.nature.com/climatefeedback/2009/10/countdown_to_copenhagen_2.html</ref> (Pielke has attacked in writing noted climate change scientists like NASA's James Hansen.)<ref>Dylan Otto Krider, ""Is Roger Pielke, Jr. Zelig?", Skepticism Examiner, March 1, 2008.</ref>
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