Beam me to Planet Gore !
Posted on 11/21/2009 11:13:47 PM PST by dila813
In the second report, I wrote
“The process that produced the report was highly political, with the Editor taking the lead in suppressing my perspectives, most egregiously demonstrated by the last-minute substitution of a new Chapter 6 for the one I had carefully led preparation of and on which I was close to reaching a final consensus. Anyone interested in the production of comprehensive assessments of climate science should be troubled by the process which I document below in great detail that led to the replacement of the Chapter that I was serving as Convening Lead Author.”
The Editor of this report is Thomas R. Karl, Director of the National Climate Data Center; the supervisor of Tom Peterson at NCDC.
The perspective that Tom Peterson illustrates in his communication to Phil Jones clearly illustrates that he is unable to present a balanced assessment of the climate science issues. Moreover, he does not even accurately understand that I am not a “climate skeptic”.
(Excerpt) Read more at pielkeclimatesci.wordpress.com ...
This one seems to be indicating that this group shouldn't be the gate keeper for IPCC anymore.
Thanks for the tip, JMTs. ;^)
Lots of oxen being gored. The academic world can act like a woman scorned by several orders of magnitude. We are about to see some monumental hissy fits, I think. Should be fun to watch.
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