Remember the Heartland Institute? They're the self-described public policy think tank, funded by big tobacco and big oil, that held a conference in March to promote the idea that there is no scientific consensus on climate change. That would be the same conference where the founder of the Weather Channel said it would be a good idea to sue Al Gore in order to "finally put some light on the fraud of global warming."

Since September, the Institute has been distributing a paper by "Senior Fellow" Dennis Avery entitled "500 Scientists with Documented Doubts of Man-Made Global Warming Scares." Funny thing about this paper though -- not only did dozens of the 500 scientists not realize they were included on the list, but many believe the opposite of what Avery said they do.

We know this because of the fantastic work done this week by the folks at DeSmogBlog. On Monday afternoon, Kevin Grandia e-mailed 122 of the scientists included in the paper. Less than 24 hours later, more than three dozen had responded in outrage, denying that their research supports Avery's conclusions. The number of angry scientists has since expanded to 45.

Below are a few of our favorite scientist responses, as seen on DeSmogBlog:

• Dr. David Sugden. Professor of Geography, University of Edinburgh: “I am horrified to find my name on such a list. I have spent the last 20 years arguing the opposite.”
• Dr. John Clague, Shrum Research Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, SimonFraserUniversity: “I'm outraged that they've included me as an "author" of this report. I do not share the views expressed in the summary."
• Dr. Paul F. Schuster, Hydrologist, US Geological Survey: "They have taken our ice core research in Wyoming and twisted it to meet their own agenda. This is not science."