Tag Archives: Michael Mann

Michael Mann’s new book is out

Posted on February 8, 2012 by

Tom Nelson reports: I just bought the Kindle version of Michael Mann’s “The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines” I hate the idea of spending $9.99 on a climate hoax book, but I plan to … Continue reading →

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Status Update on UVA/Mann FOIA legal fight

Posted on February 6, 2012 by

From ATI, Dr. David Schnare It appears UVA gave Michael Mann a copy of the documents we have sought and under law this means UVA waived its right to withhold the documents from us. UVA effectively admitted they gave the … Continue reading →

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Mann: Trees aren’t behaving like I want them to – volcanoes to blame

Posted on February 6, 2012 by

From Penn State Tree rings may underestimate climate response to volcanic eruptions Some climate cooling caused by past volcanic eruptions may not be evident in tree-ring reconstructions of temperature change because large enough temperature drops lead to greatly shortened or … Continue reading →

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Tragic winter weather in Europe doesn’t fit the Mannian narrative

Posted on February 5, 2012 by

From the Weather is not climate unless we say it is department: Over at Climate Progress, paid propagandist Joe Romm wails about “journalistic malpractice” from Michael Mann’s words in a tweet: The wailing (Jan 31st and again Feb 4th) was … Continue reading →

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Briggs schools the “Bad Astronomer” on statistics

Posted on February 1, 2012 by

That letter signed by 16 scientists saying there’s “No Need to Panic About Global Warming” to the Wall Street Journal has caused a great disturbance in the farce. At last count there were no less than  19 blog rebuttals plus one … Continue reading →

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Legal exemplars cited in Michael Mann’s UVA email case

Posted on January 26, 2012 by

Mann alludes to his “dirty laundry” which cannot come out, requesting his correspondent to not pass the email or the data attached to it to anyone else (PE-22). The Environmental Law Center of the American Tradition Institute PRESS RELEASE For … Continue reading →

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PEERs rush in: Climate Science Legal Defense Fund

Posted on January 25, 2012 by

Andrew Revkin reports today on the engagement of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) to the Climate Science Legal Defense Fund created by Professor Scott Mandia, aka “Supermandia” as he sees himself in the photo below. From Scott Mandia’s blog-he … Continue reading →

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Mann of the people

Posted on January 19, 2012 by

Tom Nelson spots another Climategate zinger. Email 2743, Sept 2009, Michael “Robust Debate” Mann: “So far, we’ve simply deleted all of the attempts by McIntyre and his minions to draw attention to this at RealClimate.”

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The behind the scenes bumbling of the hockey stick

Posted on January 16, 2012 by

Mann oh Mann. Tom Nelson continues to wade through the 5000+ Climategate 2 emails. I’ve selected a few he’s highlighted in the vein of behind the scenes discussion of Dr. Michael Mann’s infamous “hockey stick” which claimed we were living … Continue reading →

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Reading every one of the 5000+ Climategate 2 emails

Posted on January 14, 2012 by

Gotta love the dedication. Tom Nelson writes: Just FYI: I’m reading all of the ClimateGate 2.0 emails For a while, I was looking at the ClimateGate 2.0 emails by searching them for certain names and keywords. Now, my plan is … Continue reading →

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Over 250 noteworthy Climategate 2.0 emails

Posted on January 6, 2012 by

Tom Nelson has been busy slogging through the over 500o emails in CG2, kudos to him. Here’s what he has collected so far: A list of my last 250+ ClimateGate postings:

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AGU Fellowships are easy… “With a Little Help from My Friends”

Posted on January 2, 2012 by

…with apologies to the Beatles and Sgt. Pepper. Most people don’t see how small and cliqueish climate science is, perhaps this perfect illustration courtesy of Climategate 2.0 will enlighten a few people. Thanks to Tom Nelson for ferreting this one … Continue reading →

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Getting the year off to a good start

Posted on January 1, 2012 by

It always helps to review the topics discussed here, as doing so always provides an educational opportunity for everyone. Given we are starting a whole new year of bringing the science to people who have doubts about the veracity of … Continue reading →

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Hockey stick falsification – so easy a caveman kid can do it

Posted on December 1, 2011 by

With apologies to the Geico caveman, paleoclimatology isn’t just for grant enabled scientists anymore. Priceless Climategate email 682: Tom Wigley tells Michael Mann that his son did a tree ring science fair project (using trees behind NCAR) that invalidated the … Continue reading →

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Getting the “right kind of people” onboard

Posted on November 29, 2011 by

This is a repost from Jeff Id’s Air Vent as it needed the wider circulation that WUWT can offer. I’ve also added the update from comment #9 he refers to. The Right Kind of People Posted by Jeff Id on November … Continue reading →

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Resemblances: Climategate and Penn State

Posted on November 29, 2011 by

Jim Tynen writes is his column at The Daily Herald Consider the resemblences between the Climategate and  Penn State scandals. Climategate emails — leaked, not “stolen” — reveal the key players as egocentric, ruthless game players. As per this report. … Continue reading →

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Climategate 2.0 emails – They’re real and they’re spectacular!

Posted on November 22, 2011 by

A link to where to download the new FOIA2011.zip file is posted below the fold – This will be a top post for a few days -NEW STORIES APPEAR BELOW THIS ONE -I’ve also reversed the order of the updates … Continue reading →

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Why I want Mike Mann’s Emails

Posted on November 14, 2011 by

By Dr. David Schnare N.B., Dr. Schnare is the lead attorney in the UVA-Mann email case. This week Nature Magazine published an editorial suggesting that “access to personal correspondence is a freedom too far” and that Michael Mann, whom they … Continue reading →

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Michael Mann wades into the UVA thicket as intervenor

Posted on November 2, 2011 by

By Chris Horner, ATI Michael Mann made his way back to the Commonwealth of Virginia yesterday to watch his U.S. lawyer reprise the dark conspiracy theories previously weaved throughout his Canadian lawsuit against Tim Ball for repeating the old joke … Continue reading →

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It’s libel – except when Mike does it

Posted on October 25, 2011 by

This Mann-made global warming lawsuit could backfire on the Penn State alarmist Guest post by Paul Driessen Lewis Carroll died too soon. Just imagine the fun he’d have with the cliquish clan of climate catastrophe researchers who seek to control … Continue reading →

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Picket protest planned for Mann

Posted on October 11, 2011 by

Elmer at Minnesotans for Global Warming writes in with this, so I’m passing it on: Michael Mann the self proclaimed creator of the “Hockey Stick Chart” will be speaking at the Minneapolis Convention Center tomorrow afternoon. He will be discussing … Continue reading →

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Mann joins the Twitterati

Posted on October 6, 2011 by

Oh boy, another Mann channel!

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Notes on the Brune talk on Mann-Climategate in Boulder

Posted on October 6, 2011 by

WUWT reader W. Earl Allen attended this talk and provided notes of his observations. First the talk summary: The seminar is a Chemical Science Division seminar entitled “Climategate, Michael Mann, and Penn State’s investigation”: ********************************************************************* Please note: this special seminar … Continue reading →

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Dr. Martin Hertzberg responds to Dr. Michael Mann

Posted on October 5, 2011 by

Readers may recall the strange series of events leading up to the post facto revisionism at the Vail Daily News when Dr. Michael Mann sent an angry reply letter to the newspaper and then the original letter from Dr. Hertzberg … Continue reading →

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Can anyone in Colorado attend this tomorrow?

Posted on October 4, 2011 by

Reposted from Climate Audit. William Brune, who acted as a “consultant” to the Penn State Inquiry Committee will be discussing the Mann misconduct “inquiry” in Boulder tomorrow Wednesday, October 5, 2:15 PM (Refreshments at 2:00 PM) at the David Skaggs … Continue reading →

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