One of the submissions is from Peabody Energy — the largest private sector coal producer in the world. Here is just a brief excerpt from the submission: The CRU emails, however, reveal that the authors of this material did not present a neutral view of the science. In particular, they downplayed the considerable uncertainty inherent […]
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A Note to Readers
February 27, 2010 
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In light of some comments of Ron Cram, I would like to make a few points: 1. The opinions I express on this blog are my own and do not represent those of my employer. 2. I am not and have never been a member of the communist party. Thank you.
Continue readingThe Inquiry — Submissions
February 26, 2010 132 Comments
Here’s the webpage hosting the “memoranda” submitted to the committee. I think it would be a good idea to review the contents of the memoranda, don’t you? Let’s pick a few and review the content. Here, for example, is one from Steve McIntyre, in which he comes right out and states it — the CRU […]
Continue readingEnron and the Case of the Zombie Fungus
February 24, 2010 211 Comments
Over at CA, The One is making comparisons between the CRU hack and Enron. Analogies are interesting things. I kinda think of this when I think of denialists and contrarians and their followers… I guess BRE-X isn’t enough innuendo for McIntyre when it comes to climate science — he has to go for Enron — […]
Continue readingMet Office Proposal
February 23, 2010 14 Comments
The Met Office is proposing a new international analysis of land surface air temperature data. This is good news in light of the damage done to the credibility of the datasets due to the media misrepresentations arising from the CRU hack. But me thinks celebration is premature — from my small sampling of ‘skeptic’, contrarian […]
Continue readingMSM Coverage
February 22, 2010 5 Comments
Seems like the reputable media are starting to recognize what’s going on with respect to Climategate and the IPCC ‘Gates’ so hyped by the denialists and pseudoscience blogs. There’s an editorial in today’s New York Times about Yvo de Boer’s resignation from the UN. What’s key is that they recognize that the ‘mistakes’ in the […]
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