From the this sounds familiar department…comes this hot, steamy, but not climatic turn of events, along with the near immediate disappearance of the story down the memory hole.
Via Dr. Roger Pielke Jr. on the front page of India’s The Economic Times comes word of the charges:
The complainant, who works as a research analyst at the New Delhi-based energy think tank, has cited unwanted physical advances.
Oddly, the link to the original story at The Economic Times, here…
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/TERI-director-general-RK-Pachauri-faces-harassment-charges-by-29-year-old-female-employee/articleshow/46280147.cms
…seems to have been disappeared, and now displays a “404”. Using web search on The Economic Times still reveals the existence of the story Fortunately, I was able to archive a copy from Google cache, and it is in the PDF below:
TERI director-general RK Pachauri faces harassment charges by 29-year-old female employee – The Economic Times (PDF via Google cache)
Update: The article can still be found here: http://www.pressreader.com/india/economic-times/textview
(h/t to reader Bart)
So either the editors learned that somehow the story wasn’t true and pulled it, or there has been some legal or political pressure, perhaps from the U.N., to quash the story. It seems the original article didn’t contain any mention of Pacahuri’s U.N. IPCC involvement, only his role in TERI.
Maybe they seriously believed this claim from the article:
Pachauri has denied all the allegations and said he’s been a victim of hacking. “The said email has indicated misuse of my computer resources and communication devices, without my permission or consent,” he said in a response to ET’s queries. “From your email, I have come to know the factum that my computer resources including my email ids, mobile phone and WhatsApp messages have been hacked and that unknown cyber criminals have gone ahead and have unauthorisedly accessed my computer resources and communication devices and further committed various criminal activities.”
UPDATE: From The Economic Times Twitter Feed comes this announcement:
But, this episode is reminiscent of Pachauri’s steamy potboiler sex novel A Return to Almora:
IPCC now in Bizarroland: Pachauri releases “smutty” romance novel
The book, which makes reference to the Kama Sutra, starts promisingly enough as it tells the story of a climate expert with a lament for the denuded mountain slopes of Nainital, in northern India, where deforestation by the timber mafia and politicians has “endangered the fragile ecosystem”.
But talk of “denuding” is a clue of what is to come.
By page 16, Sanjay is ready for his first liaison with May in a hotel room in Nainital. “She then led him into the bedroom,” writes Dr Pachauri.
“She removed her gown, slipped off her nightie and slid under the quilt on his bed… Sanjay put his arms around her and kissed her, first with quick caresses and then the kisses becoming longer and more passionate.
“May slipped his clothes off one by one, removing her lips from his for no more than a second or two.
“Afterwards she held him close. ‘Sandy, I’ve learned something for the first time today. You are absolutely superb after meditation. Why don’t we make love every time immediately after you have meditated?’.”
A book review about this potboiler had this to say:
Lucky for him, Sanjay never encounters any serious criticism in this book. No one accuses him of scientific fraud, no one seriously disagrees with his ‘research’, no one takes him to task over the fee structures of his Meditation Huts (or whatever he calls his 400 plus franchised enlightenment outlets). It seems likely that if controversy ever came Sanjay’s way he would respond badly. First he’d try lofty, above it all condescension; when that failed to stifle opponents he’d result to angry and unthinking vituperation. In neither case would he show much talent for detailed, evidence-based argument. At the end, he would vanish from the scene, looking and sounding hurt, and go off to seek inner peace among the forgiving silence of the Himalayan hills. There, where the Force is strong, he would heal. The gurus and saddhus would throw themselves at his feet; women would batter down his door; memories of his past incarnations would distract him from unpleasant events; from time to time he would consider ways to help the poor and spread the light.
Speaking of Guru’s The Love Guru has this relevant quote from a hockey team member: “there’s no connection between hockey and my love life”
It may be true.
It may be false.
Shall we speculate or let the courts decide?
And who thinks that personal morality affects the climate anyway?
Sure if the judges are trustworthy. But we know what pressure the IPCC and the UN can put pressure on people who question them. So maybe the judges are honest, or maybe a huge amount pressure is coming down to bear on them .
Update here
http://nofrakkingconsensus.com/2015/02/19/police-ponder-assault-stalking-charges-against-ipccs-pachauri/
Good point, but it would constitute a kind of pattern. He probably got to be IPCC chair by claiming he had two PhDs. Even though he does not.
He got to be IPCC chair because the Bush administration wanted to get rid of the incumbent, Robert Watson, who had been supported by the Clinton administration. His PhD was jointly in Industrial Engineering and Economics.
Yes, Bush agreed to having Pachauri. But keep in mind that:
1. There are tens of thousands of appointments that any president makes or supports, and
2. Often they don’t turn out as expected.
Look at the Supreme Court nominees that turned out to be far different than expected. Pachauri was probably a sneaky devil, telling everyone whatever they wanted to hear. Many of them do that.
Now the problem is getting rid of this reprobate. Maybe this will be sufficient cause — but I personally doubt it. There will be tremendous pressure brought to bear on the accuser, both the carrot and the stick. Most people will take the easy way out.
Suggestions at the time were that as well as getting rid of a credible chairman who was a Clinton appointee by appointing Pachauri they would reduce the IPCC credibility.
Morality is one (but not the only) defining feature of a persons character. If a person lies, cheats, or otherwise behaves badly, the person is likely less reliable in other ways. Since Pachauri is an important cog in IPCC, this reflect poorly on him and his claims from his work at IPCC. I have read much of the IPCC detailed report, and it seems mainly to be good work, with much useful information. However, the summary is pure political bull, and greatly distorts from the actual details. In addition, the propaganda (news media and from statements from individuals) coming out of the IPCC report, some of which is from Pachauri, does not correspond well with what facts are known.
This. Regardless what we feel of Pachauri and his involvement with the IPCC, if we believe in the jurisprudence our own country practices – i.e. innocent until proven otherwise – benefit of doubt should be extended until/unless a relevant court of law proves otherwise.
We have plenty we can castigate Pachauri for without descending into the gutter, as well.
Of course, if it IS proven, all bets are off.
It was an idle curiousity until the article was removed. People behaving badly is one thing, but potential official corruption is something else entirely.
Let’s speculate! It seems to be OK to speculate when the newspapers are reporting on Bill Cosby.
And here’s an oldie but goodie.
dbstealey
Not to me, it didn’t.
Not even for Cliff Richard either.
Innocent until proven guilty should even apply to those I don’t like.
That’s the thing about principles. You can’t just change them when they become inconvenient.
Yeah! Speculating is so much more fun. No need to worry about evidence, facts, or procedures to reach entertaining conclusions. And so appropriate in this case. It’s the Global Warmers’ way.
Personal morality doesn’t affect the climate? Not the actual temperature and precipitation, but the research and reporting and recommendations it absolutely does. Of course, no one could ever manipulate data and statistics!
A man who shows lack of integrity in one area of life should at least come under suspicion for lack of integrity in other areas of his life. The Clinton treatment is a joke, a person lies brazenly in one ‘compartment’ of life but is completely truthful in others? what a fool believes ♫
Which is probably what is happening here because he is not getting the Clarence Thomas treatment that’s for sure. There is a greater issue at stake, something is being protected beyond this man’s personal life. The press is no longer a reporting entity, it is a means of promoting agenda, on both sides of the political spectrum.
Well put, M Courtney, and you are right of course. But one of the warmists’ principal weapons has been the Ad Hom. It would be poetic justice if their house collapsed because of this one.
Sorry but ..
f can’t think of anyone who’d think that whatever Pachauri does or does not do affects climate the least.
However, what he does affect, and very actively pursues, is politics which serve to infringe on ordinary peoples freedom, their lives and wallets.
Anyway, the cat is out of of the bag, now it’s news. Whichever way the truth lies it’s a juicy and despicable story. Shall we pretend it is not out there? When do we ever await a judges ruling before we acknowledge that there is indeed a story?
So sorry, I don’t buy into the notion that we should refrain from noticing (or speculating) before the courts decide. Only keeping in mind that that is indeed what we are doing; considering consequences under very heavy premises of ‘what if’ …
But keep in mind: Very little of what is brought up under ‘climate’ or ‘climate change’ is in any way related to climate or that and how it does change …
The courts did decide. They decided that story should disappear.
And that is now a story more interesting than any speculation about possible workplace shenanigans.
Quote: “And who thinks that personal morality affects the climate anyway?”
Just ask any of the “Warmests” what they think. You can use any CAGW skeptic’s name for bait.
M Courtney – Personal morality does not affect the climate. It does affect the method that is called ‘science’. It seems that ‘science’ to you is just the fiddly bits that come after the conclusion.
We know that the same reporting would not be the case if a prominent sceptic or conservative was accused. Look at the media treatment of Prince Andrew.
The Guardian – “Lawyers seek evidence of Prince Andrew’s support for billionaire paedophile”
I think Epstein pleaded guilty to to soliciting prostitution from girls as young as 14 so ephebophile rather than hebophile and definitely not a paedophile. Its not just semantics, I’m pointing out that the media are jumping at the chance to stick it to Prince Andrew instead of waiting for the courts.
We need a consensus on this.
I have already seen what happens when people with influence and the Morals of an Ally Cat are sprung.Bill Shorten our Opposition Leader was just recently accused of Rape but the Police said they woun’t charge him because it was too long ago when it happened.One rule for thee and another for Me.
Disgusting!
Christiana Figueres is about to have a cow.
Article can still be found here: http://www.pressreader.com/india/economic-times/textview
I saved screen-captures, see
http://wermenh.com/images/pachauri-1.jpg
http://wermenh.com/images/pachauri-2.jpg
I don’t think WP lets my links display inline….
The “my accounts were hacked” is all well-and-good as an excuse…until you get to the handwritten note and the allegations of repeated and inappropriate physical contact against her wishes.
Not really certain that this story belongs here until more is known, and see little point in mentioning his book, let alone quoting from it.
It’s rather like climategate. That some academics got carried away and told the world to commit economic suicide when they couldn’t use excel – that’s a dog bites man story – you get idiots like that everywhere.
But that certain people in the British establishment then conspired to prevent a full and frank investigation and disclosure and ensure that all academics in future worked to appropriately high standards – that was a man bites dog story.
So if Pachauri did harass some woman, he’s certainly got his comeuppance (assuming no one was actually hurt), if he didn’t we shouldn’t go on about it.
However, if people have been leant on AGAIN to cover up yet another story, it’s another conspiracy to pervert justice and that’s not tolerable.
“computer was backed”
That’s one amazing hacking, which can do what? Create some sort of Pauchari doppelganger that runs around kissing and caressing young women?
Too Funny. Voodoo science? How about voodoo excuses?
Haha! Brilliant: “voodoo excuses”. By a delinquent teenager to boot.
50 shades of green
Article says:”Pachauri is also chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which was a joint winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007.”
Where there is smoke there is fire. Soft porn writer, sex harasser, willful liar…..I say there is much more.
What a creep.
Let me put it this way, If this man offered me his home cooked vindaloo I would instantly reject it.
From what I hear it wasn’t his goat.
SlFrank said,
“Let me put it this way, If this man offered me his home cooked vindaloo I would instantly reject it.”
Ahh, but don’t tempt me with a slow cooked Rogan Josh!
Paul W says:
Morality is one (but not the only) defining feature of a persons character. If a person lies, cheats, or otherwise behaves badly, the person is likely less reliable in other ways
Seems to apply to one M. Mann, too. Character matters… whether one has it, or whether one doesn’t.
[And re: “50 shades of green”. Very good! ☺].
I agree. Pachauri must be aware that the AGW “debate” is a scam therefore he is dishonest to the core of his being . That at the base of your integrity along with as you say his desire to write down his sexual fantasies and openly advertise them shows enormous lack of judgement for a man in such a position. The appalling photos of him don’t help!
‘The complainant, who works as a research analyst at the New Delhi-based energy think tank, has cited unwanted physical advances.’
Just looking at Pachauri I would think that just about all physical (polite way of putting it, isn’t it?) advances would be unwanted.
On a more serious note, it’s sad that this scandal absolutely pales in comparison to the truly horrific scandals that have emanated from those brazen halls. Maurice Strong and Tariq Aziz for a start?
Perfect front figure for an organization of science-corrupters, he seems.
He seems to be in standard damage control mode: 1) deny everything, 2) blame hackers. Probably soon to be followed by 3) attack the character of the complainant.
You could add (and what better proof than what’s found in this thread:)
4) Attack anyone who reports the issue.
Deny what you can and make it sound like everything. While Pachauri addressed the computer issues (someone hacked his computer to harass a new employee), he ignored the full article’s references to a handwritten note and allegations of physical contact.
New name WUWTT (watts up with that tabloid) ;0)
Sadly, yes.
And since the moral relativism crowd will always try to sweep it under the rug, a much needed communications channel.
With poor ratio of true/false sexual harassment allegations against men in general, I’d give him full benefit of doubt. He may not be much of a scientist, or a person, but I’d wait till the whole matter becomes clear. The track record of false allegations against men, especially in India, is just absurd.
Hlaford says:
I’d give him full benefit of doubt.
Like Bill Cosby, right?
Bill Clinton?
Dominique Strauss-Kahn?
Innocent until proven guilty. Besides, being a bad climatologist is generally unrelated with being a sexual harasser. It is also completely silly at his age.
Regarding sexual harassment, India is a very special place. Go check The Sexual Harassment of Women At Workplace Act of 2013. Feel free to be amazed at low rape rate in India, and simultaneously high accusation rates. Also don’t miss the Section 498A dowry law to get a full picture. Those women are wielding immense power to ruin any men’s life. They know it, and they use it. Therefore, I’d give Pachauri full benefit of doubt.
One woman coming forward usually “breaks the ice jam” and many others find the courage to come forward. Schadenfreude then rules. GK
Who cares Anthony? Honestly sexual harassment charges are the last resort and sometimes the go to strategy of the politically motivated and dishonest. It’s the method used by corrupt politicians to take down their enemies.
Don’t become that guy, just get them on the science.
Sabretruthtiger…hmmmm
I think it is Pachauri who has lied to the world, cost everyone trillions, caused deaths by way of UN policy, all while he stood on an ivory tower or eco-moral superiority looking down at we, the sinful. We too are frail and corrupt in our own ways, but there is something unseemly about his public, grandiose, and international scale that begs us to admonish him, not for our schadenfreude, but for his sake and the sake of the world.
I think the proper procedure is to approach him privately first. Seems to me that was done. Then to use the proper administrative authority to seek redress.. Seems to me that was done also. Pachauri is relying on the good will of the naive as a sanctuary.
“…cost everyone trillions.”
How did you arrive at that figure?
“It’s the method used by corrupt politicians to take down their enemies.” E.G. Julian Assange.
It was the red silk hanky again. Don’t go anywhere near Pachauri, if you see a red silk hanky in his top pocket….
To be fair. If it was a high profile “denier” it would be all over the internet with the man proven guilty in the court of public opinion. No way would it get squashed or disappeared.
It’s interesting, and I’m fine with waiting to see the outcome. If that makes the news at all.
Yes, that is the real travesty of this affair:
It always makes a big difference WHO is accused of such things. Any “evil” CAGW sceptic would instantly be smeared most brutally by the whole liberal press of the globe, but a “good guy” like Pachauri will get full sympathy of the united journalistic do-gooders unless his guilt is proven beyond any doubt…
As Orwell expressed it with pinpoint accuracy in his novel “Animal Farm”:
ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL
BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS
Is it an appropriate time to bring up the governor of Oregon?
Not if s/he is a Democrat and did something naughty.
Absolutely! Show the world the correlation of being elitist liars like the socialist club really is. Joe Biden, (see recent NYT, FOX, etc) another public servant much like of Wiener, etc. Do as I say, not as I do. And where are all the progressive women man hate groups when their socialist pals commit the sin? Gone hiding, like they did with Clinton. The only surface when those with opposing their cause step out of line. The left is good at demonizing someone else’s activity; but it is usually a redirection of a reflection of their own malfeasance.
“The said email has indicated misuse of my computer resources and communication devices, without my permission or consent,” he said in a response to ET’s queries.”
Not a good sign when someone immediately goes to the Weiner defense.
The poor man has enough problems without this nonsense.
A friend of a friend worked at the UN. She got the job by agreeing to be the kept “person” of the managing director of that particular department. So unlike being paid by a rich person directly, the MD was using UN funds to do so. I understood that a disproportionate percentage of the staff was F gender, and that this was not unusual in other directorates.
The lengths that one can go to in search of The Topospheric Hotspot.
I’m of the opinion that this article has no place on this web site.
For a start, it has nothing to do with AGW, climate change, IPCC; whatever. Publishing an uncorroborated story like this, especially one that is pulled down so quickly due to a court injunction, is a character smear. Nothing more, nothing less.
Some of the AGW mob enjoy character smears, and there is no reason at all for our side to sink to that level. Especially when the AGW mob have the upper hand, media wise. Reprinting this can bite in the arse at unexpected and usually inconvenient times. Additionally, creating a connection between this story and his book is creating a strawman argument; doing so opens us up to the “playing the man not the ball” criticism.
Let us suppose, for the sake of argument, that the story is correct and dozens of other complainants come forward. Let’s further suppose that the allegations are found to be true. What the hell does this have to do with AGW, the IPCC or whatever? A whole bunch of hot air is expended on a sideshow whereas the real act is quietly taking advantage of the diversion and embedding itself in further.
A comment earlier said something along the lines of character matters. It certainly does; we need to show character ourselves, not demonstrate our lack of.
And whilst all this is going on, is anyone looking at WeatherBell and reading the arguments Joe Bastardi is making over the AMO flip? The comments by Dr Mann and Bastardi’s rebuttal on the Cape Cod sea temperatures and the resulting snowfalls? Nope? Instead, we have this tabloid story.
Pity.
The UN / IPCC climate mob are responsible for the deaths of millions by way of numerous policies over decades. This is long past polite chatter with brandy and cigars. All if fair in love and war. Anyone have pictures of him?
I don’t disagree with you regarding the UN and the IPCC. Both organizations are well past their use-by date; they seem to exist to allow little tinpot despots the oxygen to bash western democracies.
However, let’s suppose this tar-and -feathering runs to it’s completion, and he’s chased out of the IPCC and the UN.
What’s changed? Nothing. The UN is still there. The IPCC is still there. The policies and recommendations are still there.
It’s not even a Pyrrhic victory; the net result is nil on their side, much effort and focus on ours. For nothing of any consequence.
Neil,
The IPCC is the UN. The organization is the UN/IPCC.
You could just not visit again…. or comment….”Neil”.
It’s always an option. I’d prefer WUWT to go back to arguing science than tabloid headlines. The stuff that Eschenbach and Tisdale write is always worth reading.
Our opponents like to ridicule WUWT as an anti-science blog. Stories like this don’t help that view.
“Thick as a brick eh?”
“Nothing to see here!” etc etc.
Neil,
Just skip the articles you disagree with. But lots of readers liked this one.
I don’t gage my interests based on perceived critics amongst my enemies. I am confident in my science/politics/economics. Pachauri is a dirt-bag poster boy of the IPCC excesses.
Tabloid story? Which tabloid carried it. If my suspicions are correct Huff Post created a special merger to cover it–one which would not alert its regular readers but which would allow a search to find it so it could claim it covered it: http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2015/02/19/rk-pachauri-sexual-harass_n_6710770.html
–AGF
Neil:
Respectfully, I disagree in part.
First, however, I agree that this is and should be a case of presumed innocence. (At the same time, the allegations include unwanted, unwelcome and unceasing physical contact, plus handwritten notes, and the response from the alleged harrassor offers an explanation/excuse that “someone else did it”. Then there’s the fact that the story was torpedoed…
With all that said, in my experience, a person who lies, cheats, makes excuses about major things (such as sexual harassment, rape, etc.) on the “personal” side is also very likely to do the lie, cheat, steal, etc., on the “professional” side. Of course, in cases where people have celebrity status, the “personal” and “professional” facets of their life become quite blurred. As such, my opinion is that this is a noteworthy mention (though some of the comments here go off the deep end with regard to outright character assault). More precisely, if this case goes forward and there is action against Pachauri (though I rather doubt it will ever get that far), the matter would indicate a great deal about the person’s strength of character and reliability … or lack thereof.
I put this story in the Wednesday what-the-heck? category. Amusing for its schadenfreude.
But as someone else mentioned, this is the man who heads an important UN organization?
Reminiscent of the head of the IMF being arrested in NY after an accusation of sexual assault by a hotel employee, the case was dropped: “The charges were dismissed at the request of the prosecution which pointed out serious doubts in Diallo’s credibility and inconclusive physical evidence”. Suggestions at the time in France were that he had been set up by political rivals.
Very disappointed with this posting. I always thought better of WUWT responders, and regarded them above this sort of character assassination. This seems to be sinking to the level of skeptical science or saucy sue or whatever her name is. Don’t get me wrong – I certainly hold no torches for this chap, but many comments here unnecessary.
When a particular group of political greedy money grabbing fools that preach CAGW and with malice dispense constant and continuous condescending accusations at defenders of truth in science, one should take note of the character of such individuals as a whole. If Mr. Mann, et al serve nothing more than purveyors of deceit, there has to be more response than just turning a cheek.
He who lives by the sword, shall die by the sword.
‘Sandy, I’ve learned something for the first time today’
(unofficially known as “Superstorm Sandy”)…by Wiki. [/sarc]
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Being no broken law
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If he has to step down from the IPCC maybe Peter Gleick is available.