(Received via email direct from Heartland president Bast in advance of their website posting, see Gleick’s statement/confession here – Anthony)
FEBRUARY 20, 2012: Earlier this evening, Peter Gleick, a prominent figure in the global warming movement, confessed to stealing electronic documents from The Heartland Institute in an attempt to discredit and embarrass a group that disagrees with his views.
Gleick’s crime was a serious one. The documents he admits stealing contained personal information about Heartland staff members, donors, and allies, the release of which has violated their privacy and endangered their personal safety.
An additional document Gleick represented as coming from The Heartland Institute, a forged memo purporting to set out our strategies on global warming, has been extensively cited by newspapers and in news releases and articles posted on Web sites and blogs around the world. It has caused major and permanent damage to the reputations of The Heartland Institute and many of the scientists, policy experts, and organizations we work with.
A mere apology is not enough to undo the damage.
In his statement, Gleick claims he committed this crime because he believed The Heartland Institute was preventing a “rational debate” from taking place over global warming. This is unbelievable. Heartland has repeatedly asked for real debate on this important topic. Gleick himself was specifically invited to attend a Heartland event to debate global warming just days before he stole the documents. He turned down the invitation.
Gleick also claims he did not write the forged memo, but only stole the documents to confirm the content of the memo he received from an anonymous source. This too is unbelievable. Many independent commentators already have concluded the memo was most likely written by Gleick.
We hope Gleick will make a more complete confession in the next few days.
We are consulting with legal counsel to determine our next steps and plan to release a more complete statement about the situation tomorrow. In the meantime, we ask again that publishers, bloggers, and Web site hosts take the stolen and fraudulent documents off their sites, remove defamatory commentary based on them, and issue retractions.
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Hmm, they’ve removed Peter Gleick’s name from this page:
http://www.agu.org/about/governance/committees_boards/scientific_ethics.shtml
It was there four days ago, according to google’s cache. Has he resigned/been fired already?
I see Gleick has learned the wisdom of “Be First with the Truth”
Couple of non-barking dogs all of a sudden: New Superstitionist and AntiScientific AntiAmerican were gleefully covering the leak. Today they have nothing at all on the story. Down the Memory Hole!
“Gleick’s crime was a serious one. The documents he admits stealing contained personal information about Heartland staff members, donors, and allies, the release of which has violated their privacy and endangered their personal safety.”
One thing is for sure…this is NOT going away anytime soon. And I predict that this kind of extreme behavior by the warmists will increase this year due to the election in November in the U.S.
And to the U.S. readers – please remember this event when you vote in November. The CAGW scientists get BILLIONS in taxpayer dollars, while simultaneously advocating the destruction of our coal, oil, and natural gas industries (and in some cases nuclear too).
I’m going to read the book, Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde.
“AGU’s new task force on scientific ethics and integrity begins work
Peter Gleick
Pacific Institute, Oakland, Calif., USA
Randy Townsend
American Geophysical Union, Washington, D. C., USA
In support of the new strategic plan, AGU has established a new task force to review, evaluate, and update the Union’s policies on scientific misconduct and the process for investigating and responding to allegations of possible misconduct by AGU members. As noted by AGU president Michael McPhaden, “AGU can only realize its vision of ‘collaboratively advancing and communicating science and its power to ensure a sustainable future’ if we have the trust of the public and policy makers. That trust is earned by maintaining the highest standards of scientific integrity in all that we do. The work of the Task Force on Scientific Ethics is essential for defining norms of professional conduct that all our members can aspire to and that demonstrate AGU’s unwavering commitment to excellence in Earth and space science.”
Published 22 November 2011.
Citation: Gleick, P. and R. Townsend (2011), AGU’s new task force on scientific ethics and integrity begins work, Eos Trans. AGU, 92(47), 433, doi:10.1029/2011EO470009.”
I had fight with Gleick on the twitter few few weeks ago about climate text in EU. See the link what he said to me.
http://goo.gl/LJoxf
Despite the attempts by Curry and others to do damage control, distancing themselves and the Warmist side from Gleick’s actions, they are only deceiving themselves if they can’t see that he represents what amounts to an ideology clothed in the trappings of science. It is an ideology which is, in fact, devoid of ethics, with one sole purpose; its own survival.
Still a bit slow at the BBC as at 15.05 GMT 21/02/2012 no sign that this is a news story. They were much quicker the other day. I’d particularly like to read Richard Black’s views on this. As he signed off last time “Who’s raising a flag now for openness in the lobbies of climate change debate?”
William McClenney says:
February 21, 2012 at 5:31 am
Applying the pretzel logic algorEithm of the Theory of Inverse Reality, it spit out a nomination for a Nobel Peace Prize for Peter Gleick.
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Hahaha. That’s great. But i tested your results. All i get when I put input: ‘Gleick’ through the AlgorEithm
is Hockey stick shaped path to which position to take on climate science that leads directly to the biggest pile of cash. White noise, red noise, mumbo Jumbo–hockey sticks. IT’s always AGW. AGW is the shortest path to the biggest piles of cash to be made–and that’s the position to take. Aside from starting a Southern Televangelist church! Say..somewhere around Nashville.
Gleick is the ANTI-FOIA
A felony has been committed. Does anyone have the number of the arrest warrant or police report, yet? Why is it when these crimes are committed and the perpetrator publicly admits to the crime’s commission, white collars don’t get arrested, particularly academics who think they live outside the law behind those university walls? If this is a crime, as it appears, let’s get it to court and him in the can so the rest of them can see him. If this is just he said/you said propaganda, let’s find out who lied and publish their discredit for all to see.
Wanna bet no arrests take place?
This is another example of the consequentialism of the green movement. In their Orwellian worldview, prevarications in defense of the planet are not only just ethical but carry a moral imperative.
Gleick is the Chair of the AGU Task Force on Scientific Ethics and Integrity?
So this is what passes for ethics among the alarmists. Figures. The AGU is a laughingstock now.
MangoChutney says:
February 20, 2012 at 11:11 pm
“… I would urge HI to be the bigger man and accept the apology …”
Surely, you jest. As well leave an injured, poisonous snake alive in the grass. You gotta’ cut off the head.
Personally, I have a vision of condign punishment that would make Genghis Khan blanch and sick up. Prosecuting him to the full extent of the law and suing him down to his last nickel is showing mercy from that vantage point.
Gleick has admitted “My judgment was blinded by my frustration”. Next he’ll be consulting with medical staff and they will claim he is unable to plead in court, due to him being tired and emotional. My comment is that being warmist or socialist is akin to being mentally disturbed, so Gleick is for now the most prominent example of climate lunacy.
Trenberth has been knocked back at the WSJ and who’s to judge whether his undying belief that his “missing heat” is hiding in the deep ocean is yet another example of incipient insanity?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 … %3Darticle
It’s 15:30 on 21 February here in the UK and the BBC’s Ace Environment Correspondent has this to say about the Gleik confession:-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/correspondents/richardblack/
Spoiler alert!
He does not mention it. Not a word.
{ShrNfr says:
February 21, 2012 at 5:39 am
“Bill Jamison says:
February 20, 2012 at 8:32 pm
California Penal Code Section 528.5 make it a crime to create an email account in someone else’s name with intent to defraud. Seems like that applies here. Maybe Federal charges too. This is serious stuff. ”
I would not hold my breath waiting till Holder brings charges.}
Exactly, as I stated in the “breaking news” thread I suspect that Gleick is taking a small risk for the team. The idea is to make him a martyr and continue to claim the HI fake strategy is real. I believe this has been hashed out by those who continue to fund cAGW. His statement makes it possible that the fake document is real and none of the cAGW faithful will look at the evidence Mosher and others have uncovered. Gleick will cop a plea to reduced charges and not face any jail time. He will then go back into the limelight and continue to claim the fake document is real. The press will only cover his side of the story. HI needs to understand this and take appropriate action.
MikeH says February 21, 2012 at 1:26 am: “From The HuffPo, Peter Gleick’s statement, the last paragraph:”
When I looked this morning, Huffington was not accepting comments on this matter, and none were posted. And Revkin had only three, two from the same guy who looks to have a fairly diseased and cultish mindset, referring to Gleick’s frauds as “the nobility of science” and ending with “I want to salute Peter Gleick.”
Once again, modern ethics is nothing but mob rule. Gleick is probably still a professor of ethics.
In Canada CTV news is portraying Andrew Weaver as a “climatologist”. Many here will recognize the distinction between computer climate modeler and “climatologist”. Contact them to make a correction. news@ctv.ca
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canadas-oil-sands-not-so-dirty-after-all/article2343985/
What Weaver is claiming is that the oil sands are a far smaller carbon footprint than coal. This is a “are you still beating your wife” question. Don’t all coal plants have scrubbers on the chimneys by law? He is using the MSM to play games and misinform the public. If it is stated the oil sands are worse than coal,he wins. If the oil sands are better than coal he wins. It is a very carefully constructed media release. Anyone who has a clue about the discussion will see the deception. Those who are unaware will follow blindly. We have to stand up to this kind of manipulation.
What’s California got to do with it? Heartland has no offices in CA. Sorry, CA may get to hang a bad boy misdemeanor tag on Gleick’s fraud; the Feds will hit him with felony charges… And that’s just for the identity theft portion. http://www.justice.gov/criminal/fraud/websites/idtheft.html
Libel, damages, forgery, malicious intent to defame/injure, etc. They’re all awaiting investigation. And somehow, I don’t expect any reasonable federal prosecution team to only take Gleick’s word for specifics and details. They’ll take his paperwork, trash, computer and electronic communications apart looking for details on his “anonymous” communications partner.
Want to take bets on how much they can find?
After the states and Feds get their prosecutions completed, then maybe Rep. Issa will be interested. Depends on how tangled a mess they uncover.
Any one that’ll give odds that Gleick plans to sing and intends to ask for immunity? Oh, you warmistas and CAGW trolls don’t think martyrs sing? Just wait’ll he starts toting up decades of group accomodations at the publics expense.
I have been investigating just what this secretive “Heartland Institute” is all about, and their nefarious plans for America! Here is their super-secret website:
http://heartland.org
And their shocking mission statement:
http://heartland.org/about
Mission: Its mission is to discover, develop, and promote free-market solutions to social and economic problems.
[gasp] Promote free-market solutions? How dare they!
Of course they are well-funded:
Funding: Approximately 1,800 supporters support an annual budget of $6 million. Heartland does not accept government funding. Contributions are tax-deductible under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
WHY – how are the courageous CAGW scientists supposed to compete with this well-funded machine when all they have is a paltry $2.6 billion?
http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/FY12-climate-fs.pdf
/sarc
(PS – send the Heartland Institute a donation if you can…)
Oh what a tangled web they create
when they aspire to regulate
http://ncse.com/news/2012/02/source-heartland-leak-steps-forward-007220
First concrete fallout?
“As part of NCSE’s expansion to defend the teaching of climate science, Gleick had agreed to join NCSE’s board of directors. On the same day as he posted his statement, however, he apologized to NCSE for his behavior with regard to the Heartland Institute documents and offered to withdraw from the board, on which he was scheduled to begin serving as of February 25, 2012. His offer was accepted.”
What if this was part of a political strategy? Liberals seeing that they may not win elections on a “green” issue have picked someone to take the fall and take the “high ground” and change sides. It will be interesting to see how the liberal candidates react.
Wow. Peter Gleick’s name was there yesterday. He will now be erased from all boards. Just goes to show, how quick someone can be thrown under the bus. He is now learning the meaning of the word “disappeared”. It is a travesty worthy of Mann etc. GK