{"id":3620,"date":"2009-12-28T14:34:19","date_gmt":"2009-12-28T14:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/my-cameo-in-the-%e2%80%9cclimategate%e2%80%9d-emails-the-intersection\/"},"modified":"2009-12-28T14:34:19","modified_gmt":"2009-12-28T14:34:19","slug":"my-cameo-in-the-%e2%80%9cclimategate%e2%80%9d-emails-the-intersection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/astronomy\/my-cameo-in-the-%e2%80%9cclimategate%e2%80%9d-emails-the-intersection.php","title":{"rendered":"My Cameo in the \u201cClimateGate\u201d Emails | The Intersection"},"content":{"rendered":"

It has been brought to my attention that I am mentioned, once, in the “ClimateGate” email stash. If you go here<\/a> and search for my name, you find this<\/a>, an email from Tom Wigley of NCAR, who I have interviewed for various stories:<\/p>

From: Tom Wigley <wigley@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: santer1@xxxxxxxxx.xxx<\/a>
Subject: Re: [Fwd: [Fwd: FW: Press Release from The Science & Environmental Policy Project]]
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:17:14 -0700
Cc: carl mears <mears@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>, Frank Wentz <frank.wentz@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>, Tom Wigley <wigley@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>, Steven Sherwood <Steven.Sherwood@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>, John Lanzante <John.Lanzante@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>, “‘Dian J. Seidel’” <dian.seidel@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>, Melissa Free <Melissa.Free@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>, Karl Taylor <taylor13@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>, Steve Klein <klein21@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>, Leopold Haimberger <leopold.haimberger@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>, “Thorne, Peter” <peter.thorne@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>, “‘Philip D. Jones’” <p.jones@xxxxxxxxx.xxx><\/p>

Dear all,<\/p>

I think the scientific fraud committed by Douglass needs to
be exposed. His co-authors may be innocent bystanders, but
I doubt it.<\/p>

In normal circumstances, what Douglass has done would cause
him to lose his job — a parallel is the South Korean cloning
fraud case.<\/p>

I have suggested that someone like Chris Mooney should be
told about this.<\/p>

Tom.<\/p>

In searching my emails, I was never told about this, and certainly never wrote anything about the situation, which I am not familiar with. As a journalist, though, I certainly do want to receive tips of things to write about, and I frequently do from a wide variety of folks. With only the most rare of exceptions, I never get around to writing anything; but in this case, I wasn’t even tipped.<\/p>

Still, I can see why scientists concerned about global warming, and accepting of the scientific consensus, would want me to cover the topic, including its political side. By 2007 I already had a track record for exposing the misinformation campaign to mislead the public about climate change, something I continue to do today. And given that there is such a misinformation campaign–with “ClimateGate” being the latest and perhaps the most severe example–we need scientists and journalists alike striving to set the record straight.<\/p>

I guess that that’s my way of saying that, as with virtually all of the “ClimateGate” emails that I have seen, the single one mentioning my name is not very surprising–especially as it regards me, who never even heard of this until now.<\/p>

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