From the hot climate made him do it department comes this report from Donna LaFramboise on the “hacker generated” emails allegedly not from former IPCC head Rajenda Pachauri. You might need a bath after you read some of these.
I sense a sequel to his smutty romance novel “Return to Almora” perhaps penned from prison?Donna LaFramboise has been following the Pachauri/IPCC loose cannon fo years and writes:
An online Indian news source has published a collection of electronic messages allegedly sent by Pachauri to this unnamed 29-year-old woman. They now form part of a police document known as a First Information Report (FIR). The online version of these messages is difficult to read, so I’ve cut-and-pasted the text, added some formatting, and produced a 23-page PDF available here.
Pachauri, the recently resigned chairman of the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), has PR flaks and a legal team. What is his version of events? Here’s a quote from a Reuters news story:
[Pachauri’s] lawyers have said his computer and mobile phone were hacked and that vested interests were maligning him because of his outspoken stand on global warming.
Shadowy, nefarious interests are out to get him, so they hacked his electronic devices to make him look bad. Nice try, but few people who examine firsthand the text messages and e-mails Pachauri says are fake are likely to believe that.
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…Pachauri is apparently the kind of boss who not only expresses opinions about whether his subordinates should go to the gym, he’s the sort who tells female employees:
I am yours for life…and will always be yours, even when someone else enters your life.
And you have hurt me so often by being inconsistently cold on so many occasions. Not letting me touch you, even though I have always treated your body with reverence and as sacred. Perhaps, you regard a physical relationship as a matter of expediency and convenience. Well I don’t, and certainly not with your body which I worship, as you should have found out by not. Even when I “grabbed you body” I had my left hand over your right breast. Did I make even the slightest attempt to hold it in my hand or fondle you there? [typos in original, p. 6, line 180+]
He’s a prize, all right. In a few lines, he criticizes her for trying to fend him off, implies that she must be a slut since she objects to his ‘reverent’ embrace, and argues that he’s virtuous because he didn’t take as many liberties as he might have.
As the Shub Niggurath blog observed yesterday, this sordid saga took a vicious turn in December 2014. Not wanting to sit beside him on a plane one more time, this young woman attempted to sit on her own in economy class. Pachauri allegedly responded with an e-mail that reads in part:
you should reflect on the massive insult you heaped on me by indicating that I was so toxic that you would prefer not to sit next to me on the plane. If that be the case there is no room for any interaction between us…To me that act of yours represented the ultimate in haughtiness, arrogance and insulting behaviour. If you had any human sensitivity you would have realised what you have done, and possibly apologised.
You are welcome to remain a paid guest of TERI. I really would not burden you with any work in future. [p.20, line 754+]
I’ve read all of these electronic messages twice. They tell the story of a young woman who, following months of valiant struggle, perseverance, and vast patience effectively loses her job because she won’t let her boss grope her.
At the end of the police document, the complainant sums up her overall experience:
Whenever I had to travel with Dr. Pachauri for work, he would use the opportunity to constantly say vulgar and demeaning things to me. Whenever I sat next to him on the flight, he would try to hold my hand and tell me how much he loved me. If I ever spoke to any other male colleague, he would remark that I was going to sleep with him. I made repeated requests and pleas to Dr. Pachauri to stop this behaviour towards me. I have categorically told him not to touch me in appropriately or to hold me or kiss me, but Dr. Pachauri did not stop…
I feel broken and scarred in body and mind due to Dr. Pachauri’s behavior and actions…I get frequent panic attacks due to the constant harassment and being made to feel like an object of vulgar desire from this man, who is old enough to be my grandfather…
Till date I was extremely scared of going and reporting the behaviour of Dr. Pachauri, as he is the head of the organization for which I work and I did not know who I could turn to for help. I have tried to ignore and brush aside a lot of offensive behaviour from Dr. Pachauri as I was very scared of losing my reputation and employment if I complained to anyone…I request you to register my complaint against Dr. Pachauri and bring him to justice. [pp. 20-21, line 785+]
Donna adds:
“…anyone who goes to the trouble of looking directly at this collection of electronic messages will find it difficult to believe that this matter has anything to do with villainous hackers trying to smear a climate warrior.”
Read the whole thing here: http://nofrakkingconsensus.com/2015/03/02/pachauris-sofa/
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Is it just me or is there a resemblance.
http://ts3.mm.bing.net/th?id=HN.608042776889265006&pid=15.1&H=204&W=160
http://s3.amazonaws.com/rapgenius/vjtpuBA.jpg
A definite lady’s man… right up there with Ted Bundy.
I don’t like the IPCC. I think the AGW hypothesis is false. I vigorously object to the propaganda campaigns that have pushed AGW. That said, this article is a low point for Watts Up. I think you are making a serious mistake by running it. I wish you would reconsider.
Not a mistake .Know your enemy…And the result of remaing silent is to let EVIL triumph over good. If exposing evil bothers you ….too bad.
They’re not my “enemy.” They are people with whom I strongly disagree.
I have noticed from experience that people, like organisations, are consistent. For example, if a person is consistenly truthful in one set of circumstances, it’s likely that they’ll be truthful in a different set of circumstances.
So the details of the goings on that reveal the nature of the person who has led the IPCC are highly relevant to people who read WUWT.
Just read one of the emails to my wife (who has no bone in the climate debate), explaining it was written to an employee. She said immediately that Patchy should be neutered. She did not use those terms.
After the R2P BS was given as the excuse for the US and the UK to attack Libya and the mess we have made of our FP Just be thankful Gore only received a concelation prize. What a sad pxs. But a rich pxs thx to his pedaling CAGW
Who cares. Its all just an extension of the Holy Roman Empire- the Pontiff has agents you know.
IPCC IS THAT AGENT
I tend to agree with Jake J comments. This isn’t a story about climate change or IPCC. It is a story about a pathetic perv inappropriately sexually harassing a subordinate. It is a story that should be told and be widely spread in the press – but not with any effect on the climate change discussion but solely on inexcusable actions in what should have been a working relationship. The fact the guy appears to be a perv has no bearing on the science or politics of climate change. I also think the CAGW alarmism perpetrated by the IPCC, greens, and media is terribly wrong which WUWT is correctly challenging. But this isn’t a climate story.
PJ says
“…But this isn’t a climate story.”
If it’s not a climate story, it must be…a weather story!
The other lot are going on about how Willie Soon’s objectivity must be impaired by oily money, so maybe it’s fair to observe that Pachy’s critical faculties are represented by his adolescent infatuation for a woman 45 years his junior, his grotesquely immature linguistic imagery, his vindictive petulance… and then the unlawful stuff.
I think it should be emphatically pointed out that the (now former) head of the IPCC claimed that his email, phone, communication etc had been hacked by criminals who were out to malign him. That, according to him, it was they who wrote all these mails/messages to that poor woman during ~1½ years …
Because if true, that would indeed be explosive news. And it it weren’t true, then that fact would be almost as explosive and newsworthy. And I don’t mean the contents of these mails/messages, but the magnitude of the bold faced lies he was serving the world and hoping that we, or only his supporters, would fall for.
Good point.
Those who are trying to
deconstruct western economies and societiessave the planet always get the benefit of the doubt, the megaphone and railcars of money.that really is the issue. lie to save yourself, lie to enrich yourself. if you will do one you will surely do the other. it is all about character and integrity.
“I did not have sexual relations with that woman.”
Most memorable lie of the 20th Century.
PJ, of course it is a story about the IPCC.
It is a story about a leadership culture which has held itself above all accountability. Infallible, never making errors and all who oppose it have been branded as heretics, and many have lost their careers.
This lack of accountability leads to arrogance without bound. Do not cut these clowns any slack. Remember – Capone was eventually done for tax evasion.
This story is actually more about power than sex. This is not sex in the warm meaning of the word, it is power abuse by a man who appears drunk on his power. That such a man was been left at the top of the IPCC says a lot about the people around him, they should have recognised that he had serious personality problems that would degrade the work of the organisation he was in charge of. Because of what he was doing this lady, and probably others who had to work with Pachauri, would have been unable to work efficiently for the IPCC.
The public do get very angry about these sorts of incidents, in Britain we have had Jimmy Saville at the BBC and Stoke Mandeville Hospital in France they have had Strauss-Khan at the IMF. The question always is why were these people not controlled by the people around them? Why were people looking away whilst this was going on?
I like this quote better…..So, Mr. DeGaetano, the Director of the Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell University gave us a brilliant scientific reason for the recird cold in the Northeast this winter. “We can’t point to anything specific,” DeGaetano said. ” It’s just the way the jet stream bulged and set up. It’s random, like a deal of cards. Sometimes you get a Royal Flush, sometimes you get nothing.” You darn well bet if the Northeast had record warmth this winter, he’d be blamming it all on global warming. Sorry, to be p.c., climate change. Oh yea, p.c…..that’s like believing you can pick up a turd by the clean end!
Here, I’m dusting off my halo (it took an hour to find) … now adjusting the headstrap … fine-tuning the reception … and okay, ready for sermon mode …
Does this article belong here?
My first reaction is that despite how bad his actions appear (and how unflattering his photos are), and with no attempt to diminish the complaints of the woman, we would all pray to be deemed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
My second reaction is the same as many others’. Ignore the man; stick to the science (or lack thereof).
From these two perspectives, this and similar articles do not belong on WUWT.
HOWEVER …
The IPCC is not a scientific but a political-scientific body. And it exerts tremendous influence. If there is corruption of any form at the tippy top, then that calls into question the credibility of the entire body and its output. Political science is about driving agendas through — and the ends justify the means. Anything goes. Logic (and avoiding logical fallacies) do not apply.
From this perspective, this and similar articles do belong on WUWT.
Fish rot from the head down.
As an addendum to my prior comment, this story about the perv would make me exceptionally cautious about the honesty of anything the man has said on any subject, including the subject of climate change. From the notes provided, it is clear that any person capable of such communication is delusional, and there is no reason that such delusions would only extent to a single topic of sexually harassing subordinates.
I agree to a point, but this and other articles lately go far beyond impugning his integrity. This is its own form of ad hominem attack, even if the material is factual. This is the first time I’ve seriously questioned how Watts Up is operated. I might agree or disagree with comments, but I’ve always regarded the material being commented on as valuable, (mostly) rigorous, and always relevant. Not this.
Mr. Watts, as it concerns this line of attack, I think you’ve made a serious error in judgment. I am embarrassed for you, and strongly wish you would think carefully about what you’re doing.
[Pachauri’s] smutty romance novel “Return to Almora”
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Rearrange the letters of Almora and it spells… Amoral
Close, but “immoral” woulda been spot-on 😉
The snatches I read of Return to Almora appeared, to me, as the fantasies of a dirty old tosser. Truth will out.
I we supposed to BELIEVE people who act like this ??
Obviously, they will do anything it takes to push what they want.
Does that translate to ALL climate scientists ??
From what I’ve seen, they are all lack integrity (as in 99.9% is missing) just like this episode reveals.
Integrity doesn’t pay for the kid’s college education.
Not surprising some people are advocating sticking to the science and saying such a post is improper for WUWT. This reminds me of the old lawyer’s adage. “When the facts are on your side, pound the facts. When the law is on your side, pound the law. When neither is on your side, pound the table.” These people are saying “pound the science”. Interesting, the Willie Soon witch hunt has been going on for a while now, and I have not seen anyone critical of him say “stick to the science”. It is all about the man, in this case.
It is true, this is not a climate story. But it IS an IPCC story, and so is fair game.
I, for one, have said EXACTLY that — stick to the science — on the NYT’s comment section. I think their recent attack on him was despicable, and highlights the sad and worrisome decline of a once-great newspaper. Unlike too many people on both sides of various issues, I apply a single standard to everyone and everything. It’s the essence of integrity and independence, or so I think.
the corruption of science is all about the science.
So, like I posted on a prior thread. Find a publisher who will front a tell all book by this guy.
Title: My Life Inside the Climate Fraud Operations
Say $25.00 a copy U.S.
He gets say $5.00 for each. He and his atty’s will need the money.
It will sell 20 million or more copies.
He has the facts, the dates the names, he has the ability to back it up with data.
It would be the last nail in the coffin of the worlds biggest most evil lies.
Just do it.
So, like I posted prior. He has all the info, he will need lots of money for his life style and his atty’s.
Find a publishing company to publish his tell all book.
Title: My Life Inside the Climate Change Fraud
It will sell millions of copies world wide.
Say $25.00 per copy U.S.
He gets $5.00 per copy sold.
Once he starts to publish the rest of the fraud types will know the jig is up and all of them will rush to say me too, and tell their story and try to get a get out of jail card too.
It would drive the final nail in the worlds largest most evil lie.
Just do it.
oops sorry,,, on a compter in my pickup on the way to town to get supplies for more snow here Wed. night.
There has to be an association of people around this man who know him and what his behavior is like. Why would such a person be allowed to remain in a position of power and influence? Was it because they knew his character and it served their purpose well? I think so, and this tells us much about the methods we have observed to sustain the global warming machine and for that reason alone this a story that needs to be told and this is one place to tell it. It is intriguing that many of the characters in the warming crowd have strange personality quirks. Gore and Mann come to mind too quickly. There are others.
Why would such a person be allowed to remain in a position of power and influence?
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same reason you need to kill someone first before the mafia will let you join. because they will only trust you when they have a hold over you.
of course people knew. people in power. because this knowledge gave them control. you don’t get the job unless you are already in someones pocket. that person picks up the tab, pays the bribes, makes the deals to get you elected. From then on, when they say jump, you ask “how high”.
Before any reports of sex harassment claims hit India’s media, I did not consider Pachauri intellectually rational and did not think he had professional integrity in his leadership. I thought, in other words, that he was the typical IPCC insider.
The sex harassment claims against him, if confirmed in court or by corroborated independent investigations would make me loathe him.
No pity in any case for Pachauri.
John
Pachauri: 97% of climate scientists agree that all women love me!
Given how brazen he is in this despicable behavior it is extremely unlikely that this behavior is limited to one or two women, and extremely unlikely that it has not been a very long-standing pattern. Let’s hope that the investigation is thorough and relentless, and that other victims are willing to go on record.
What is astounding is the courage of this woman to bring this into the glaring light of open knowledge, knowing the potential for backlash against whistle blowers in the global warming community, let alone the backlash against women in India who call foul. She decided to row against the current big time. I want to know who this woman is and how she got into the organizations and businesses related to Pachy. His hand is (was) in many cookie jars. That he put his hand on the wrong cookie jar and she fought back is a credit to this woman’s bravery and may very well lead to interesting discoveries. My hat is off to her. Amazing.
http://eureferendum.blogspot.com/2009/12/pachauri-and-big-oil.html
+100
ditto
Maybe the new government in India gave the complainant hope that she’d get justice if she came forward. If she’d done so earlier, the police might have ignored her, or the press would not have covered her tale, or Patchy’s bigshot friends would have aided his coverup and purported to believe in his hacking claims.
policeman is a much coveted job in India because it is the road to wealth.
It should be possible to do a word distribution count comparison between the complaint text and patchy’s book. I am inclined to think that some complete phrases might be repeated. Just sticking to science.
After reading the 23 page PDF of the emails, I have to take a different stance. Despite all of the many reasons to dislike Pachauri, I think he was truly in love. The full-on limerance, head-over-heels, painfully obsessive kind. Cupid’s arrows spare no one they target, and life and literature are replete with tales of happy endings and misfortunes including broken marriages and shattered careers. And woe unto those who whose love is unrequited. Their desperation reminds me of Dante’s inscription over the Gates of Hell “Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.”
That’s not love, it is infatuation. Love requires putting the needs of someone else above your own. Clearly he cared only about what he could get out of any relationship.
Mark
more like obsession.
There was also more than one woman. It has been reported that what happened to this woman has happened to many, although so far only two have come forward.
On top of that, any relationship that has one partner feeding on the guilt of the other is manipulative and unhealthy.
I should say, “feeding on guilt instigated in the other”.
I believe Dr. Pachauri has a good shot with a pleading of “temporary insanity induced by global warming”. His brain (and possibly other organs) overheated through no fault of his own. When compared with the monumental list being accepted as “bad things caused by global warming”, no stretch of credibility would be required to accept such a legal pleading and let the good Doctor get back to important poetic work.
the following is about a 2nd woman
http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2015/02/22/rk-pachauri-sexual-harass_n_6726078.html
Do I hear three? Yes, I believe I do :
http://www.inquisitr.com/1889778/u-n-climate-change-scientist-rajendra-pachauri-faces-more-sexual-harassment-allegations/