[agere_contra]

Aha, Gene Wahl. For context, he used to work for NCAR (National Center for Atmospheric Research) in the Environmental and Societal Impacts Group. I wonder if this is what they mean by "his new address", i.e at NOAA. Would have to check the dates.

ON AR4. Some context for FReepers: this mysterious "AR4" is nothing other than "Climate Change 2007", the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

And I quote from Wiki:

"AR4 is the fourth in a series of reports intended to assess scientific, technical and socio-economic information concerning climate change, its potential effects, and options for adaptation and mitigation."

Bascially AR4 directly or potentially effects everyone on the planet. It has summary documents for 'policy makers'. And emails about it from some of the main contributors to AR4 were expunged under the pressure of possible future FOIA requests.

[Bulwinkle]

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