The plot thickens. Some parts of this letter are strongly worded. It is clear that there’s not much tolerance for the latest set of shenanigans from Pachauri.
Steve McIntyre writes:
Judy Curry draws attention to a letter from the Chairman of the Oversight Subcomittee of the US Science Committee to the UN Chairman asking that IPCC not be permitted to delay implementation of Conflict of Interest policy until after AR5 – press release here.
Here’s the image of the letter (link to full letter follows)
Here the link to the letter:
This amounts to a “second request” notice from the committee [second this year, with the first request in Feb 2010]. In the letter, Broun wrote that it is “imperative for the IPCC to adopt a rigorous conflict of interest policy before its 34th Session, tentatively scheduled to take place in January 2012.”
It would seem to me that this is not going to go away, and if past history is any indication, the IPCC will allow it to fester to an infection before seeking treatment.
I predict that the pus that is going to come out of it, once lanced, will be of the most smelly sorts.
I would say that the IPCC is about one US election away from termination. And Ban Ki Moon has ensured that the UN will probably go down with it.
The IPCC renewable energy fiasco is not over yet. Over at the website, Bishop Hill, bloggers are examining the IPCC claims about solar, biomass and hydro:
“At least half of the lead authors of the hydropower chapter are not independent scientists, but have a vested interest in the promotion of hydropower. This creates a conflict of interest, which is reflected throughout the report.” (Mark Lynas)
I have a feeling that these conflict of interest allegations are not over by a long shot.
http://www.bishop-hill.net/blog/2011/6/20/this-time-its-hydro.html
“Like” Ralph Hall, U.S. Congress Texas.
Roladex the man.
CORRUPTION, several orders of magnitude worse than I could even conceive 3 years ago. And unfortunately, climate science is only a tiny part of it…”Western Civilization,” whatever that really means, is truly in peril!!!!!!