Dave, referring to McKitrick's "fringe views" is particularly unjustifiable here, as McK has published several peer-reviewed papers on UHI, which is why JGR selected him as a reviewer for the BEST UHI submittal  which has apparently been sent back for further revisions. His review comments make interesting reading.

I'm not sure what blog you are complaining about  surely not Revkin's dot Earth column? Anyway, I agree it's premature to add McK's review comments here  better to wait for a 3rd party article. Best,