Leaked email climate smear was a PR disaster for UEA

Guardian UK ^ | Monday 23 November 2009 15.19 GMT | George Marshall

[anglian]

“this author has been reading different emails than those published. Sorry Mr. Marshall, you have it all wrong.” Climate Outreach and Information Network is a UK registered charity established in 2004 which dedicates itself to helping people to communicate climate change. Its charitable objects are listed on the Charity Commission website as “to promote any charitable purposes at the discretion of the trustees concerning climate change and its impact”.

- AND getting close on £700,000 from DEFRA over two years.
http://www.defra.gov.uk/News/2009/090623c.htm

[ge0050]

Could someone please explain why the following email is not: 1) evidence of aiding and abetting in the destruction of documents in reply to a Freedom of Information request? 2) a violation of criminal law and university standard of ethics? I'm not trying to imply any wrong doing has been done. Only asking why this is not evidence of an offence. The line "I'll contact Gene about this ASAP. His new email is: generwahl@xxxxxxxxx.xxx" seems very clear in its meaning. _________________________________________________ From: Michael Mann To: Phil Jones Subject: Re: IPCC & FOI Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 08:12:02 -0400 Reply-to: mann@xxxxxxxxx.xxx Hi Phil, laughable that CA would claim to have discovered the problem. They would have run off to the Wall Street Journal for an exclusive were that to have been true. I'll contact Gene about this ASAP. His new email is: generwahl@xxxxxxxxx.xxx talk to you later, mike Phil Jones wrote: > >> Mike, > Can you delete any emails you may have had with Keith re AR4? > Keith will do likewise. He's not in at the moment - minor family crisis. > > Can you also email Gene and get him to do the same? I don't > have his new email address. > > We will be getting Caspar to do likewise. > > I see that CA claim they discovered the 1945 problem in the Nature > paper!! > > Cheers > Phil > > > >> > > Prof. Phil Jones > Climatic Research Unit Telephone +44 (0) 1603 592090 > School of Environmental Sciences Fax +44 (0) 1603 507784 > University of East Anglia > Norwich Email p.jones@xxxxxxxxx.xxx > NR4 7TJ > UK > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >