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From http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110008220 (Wall Street Journal Opinion page meta site, I guess):
Climate of Fear
Global-warming alarmists intimidate dissenting scientists into silence.
[...]
An example: Earlier this year, Texas Rep. Joe Barton issued letters to paleoclimatologist Michael Mann and some of his co-authors seeking the details behind a taxpayer-funded analysis that claimed the 1990s were likely the warmest decade and 1998 the warmest year in the last millennium. Mr. Barton's concern was based on the fact that the IPCC had singled out Mr. Mann's work as a means to encourage policy makers to take action. And they did so before his work could be replicated and tested--a task made difficult because Mr. Mann, a key IPCC author, had refused to release the details for analysis.
Mmmkay, google "paleoclimatologist Michael Mann research details", find link to http://pubs.acs.org/subscribe/journals/esthag-w/2005/jul/policy/pt_congress.html , which provides a link to ftp://holocene.evsc.virginia.edu/pub/sdr/temp/nature/MANNETAL98/ , which provides:
Directory: FIGUREDATA 12/09/2003 12:00:00 AM
Directory: INSTRUMENTAL 07/29/2004 12:00:00 AM
File: MASTER 3 KB 12/09/2003 12:00:00 AM
Directory: METHODS 04/02/2004 12:00:00 AM
Directory: PROXY 02/03/2004 12:00:00 AM
Total time: 35 seconds. Opinioned analysis: Texas Rep. Joe Barton is a whiny, lazy bitch.
Edited to add:
Why no wonder. Lookie where the money comes in from http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/memberprofile.asp?cid=N00005656&cycle=2006&expand=E :
Energy/Nat Resource $223,900
Oil & Gas $76,000
Mining $2,000
Misc Energy $13,750
Electric Utilities $130,150
Environmental Svcs/Equipment $1,000
Waste Management $1,000
Finance/Insur/RealEst $74,500
Health $264,434
His #2 source of PAC contributions? Energy/Natural Resource (read: big oil and their favorite customers after the auto industry, the electricity generators). Joey, Joey, Joey, what is TX-6 going to do with you? Hopefully toss you out on your bought-and-sold ass.
Climate of Fear
Global-warming alarmists intimidate dissenting scientists into silence.
[...]
An example: Earlier this year, Texas Rep. Joe Barton issued letters to paleoclimatologist Michael Mann and some of his co-authors seeking the details behind a taxpayer-funded analysis that claimed the 1990s were likely the warmest decade and 1998 the warmest year in the last millennium. Mr. Barton's concern was based on the fact that the IPCC had singled out Mr. Mann's work as a means to encourage policy makers to take action. And they did so before his work could be replicated and tested--a task made difficult because Mr. Mann, a key IPCC author, had refused to release the details for analysis.
Mmmkay, google "paleoclimatologist Michael Mann research details", find link to http://pubs.acs.org/subscribe/journals/esthag-w/2005/jul/policy/pt_congress.html , which provides a link to ftp://holocene.evsc.virginia.edu/pub/sdr/temp/nature/MANNETAL98/ , which provides:
Directory: FIGUREDATA 12/09/2003 12:00:00 AM
Directory: INSTRUMENTAL 07/29/2004 12:00:00 AM
File: MASTER 3 KB 12/09/2003 12:00:00 AM
Directory: METHODS 04/02/2004 12:00:00 AM
Directory: PROXY 02/03/2004 12:00:00 AM
Total time: 35 seconds. Opinioned analysis: Texas Rep. Joe Barton is a whiny, lazy bitch.
Edited to add:
Why no wonder. Lookie where the money comes in from http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/memberprofile.asp?cid=N00005656&cycle=2006&expand=E :
Energy/Nat Resource $223,900
Finance/Insur/RealEst $74,500
Health $264,434
His #2 source of PAC contributions? Energy/Natural Resource (read: big oil and their favorite customers after the auto industry, the electricity generators). Joey, Joey, Joey, what is TX-6 going to do with you? Hopefully toss you out on your bought-and-sold ass.
