This statement was released by Penn State here. Oddly, while mentioning the NAS report, there is no mention of the Congressional commissioned Wegman report, which you can see here full report (PDF). Or for a quick read the fact-sheet (PDF).
University Reviewing Recent Reports on Climate Information
Professor Michael Mann is a highly regarded member of the Penn State faculty conducting research on climate change. Professor Mann’s research papers have been published in well respected peer-reviewed scientific journals.
In November 2005, Representative Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY) requested that the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) convene a panel of independent experts to investigate Professor Mann’s seminal 1999 reconstruction of the global surface temperature over the past 1,000 years. The resulting 2006 report of the NAS panel (http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11676) concluded that Mann’s results were sound and has been subsequently supported by an array of evidence that includes additional large-scale surface temperature reconstructions.
In recent days a lengthy file of emails has been made public. Some of the questions raised through those emails may have been addressed already by the NAS investigation but others may not have been considered. The University is looking into this matter further, following a well defined policy used in such cases. No public discussion of the matter will occur while the University is reviewing the concerns that have been raised.
h/t Joe D’Aleo
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MikeS (18:20:34) :
I agree very strongly. Pamela, AJ and several others have tried to argue that the “left” moniker should be removed from this issue and the debate has no political basis. I’m sorry they feel so uncomfortable with those on their end of the political spectrum, but it is what it is…
This movement was born on the far left and perpetuated over twenty years by the left. To remove that part of the record would be to remove the warm period for our climate e history.
Sorry, no revisionist history here…
Investigate so that the claim can be made that it was investigated and nothing found.
Joe Paterno and Micahael Mann,
Penn State giveth and Penn State taketh away
Nothing will happen to Mann. Heck, look how hard U of C had to work to get rid of faux Indian plagiarizer and professional charlatan Ward Churchill.
I think Nostromo is right. Any internal investigation will be a whitewash.
If Penn State wanted the truth, they would employ a credible outside investigator.
“Climategate doesn’t cut it. I propose, “Mann-caused global warming.”
“The resulting 2006 report of the NAS panel (http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11676) concluded that Mann’s results were sound and has been subsequently supported by an array of evidence that includes additional large-scale surface temperature reconstructions.”
No. They concluded that his results, though gained through inappropriate methods, were supported by certain other works against which they did no due diligence and were unaware of that these other works had the same core flaws as those they condemned in his work (plus the one which didn’t exist yet).
I believe that Michael Mann in the spring of 2006, the year following Katrina, said that the east coast of the US would be hit with many devastating huricaines in the coming fall season due to global warming. It is three and a half years later and no strong hurricaine has hit anywhere on the US mainland. How many wrong predictions and tampered records must we endure before the this hoax is fully discredited? There are Many billions of misspent federal funds and crippling economic regulations at risk.
robert bryant (09:18:00) :
Robert – That’s why we must prosecute these individuals. It’s not just the misspent dollars, but think about all the wasted energy worldwide ?