From the move over Mann department (on a tip from a WUWT reader)
Richard A. Houghton, Ph.D. has made a blatantly false claim on his Woods Hole Research Center webpage that:
“Along with other lead authors of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports, Dr. Houghton was a recipient of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.”
Source: http://www.whrc.org/about/cvs/rhoughton.html
In a statement of 29 October 2012 the IPCC clarified that the “prize was awarded to the IPCC as an organisation, and not to any individual involved with the IPCC. Thus it is incorrect to refer to any IPCC official, or scientist who worked on IPCC reports, as a Nobel laureate or Nobel Prize winner. It would be correct to describe a scientist who was involved with AR4 or earlier IPCC reports in this way: ‘X contributed to the reports of the IPCC, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007.'” It stated that it had not sent the certificates to “contributing authors, expert reviewers and focal points.
Source: http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/nobel/Nobel_statement_final.pdf
Even Wiki, that great bastion of information, states the same information.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Nobel_Peace_Prize#cite_note-IPCC_Oct_12-5
Dr. Duffy, President of Woods Hole Research Center, has been contacted on the false claim and we await a correction to Dr. Houghton’s webpage along with a public retraction and apology for promoting false credentials.
In 2014, the U.S. Government (taxpayers) gave $4,984,373 that represented 55.5% of Woods Hole’s research money. It is not known how much money was raised based upon Dr. Houghton’s “Nobel Prize credentials”.
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“prize was awarded to the IPCC as an organisation, and not to any individual involved with the IPCC. Thus it is incorrect to refer to any IPCC official, or scientist who worked on IPCC reports, as a Nobel laureate or Nobel Prize winner”
A mere technicality. If they can find a less accurate source to adjust it with it easily rises to the required level.
A “Peace” prize awarded for waging a “war on carbon” and on rationality itself? I guess war really is peace.
I prefer a War On PLANT FOOD.
It’s more like a participation award. It doesn’t matter if you win or lose and it doesn’t matter if you are right or wrong, as long as you participate.
Have you ever noticed how all these folks have a track record of studying relationships in fairly narrow context … “Assistant Scientist … Marine Biology” and then they are suddenly producing research with implications for the entire climate system?
“Bob spent 14 years investigating the relationship between catnip concentrations and playfulness among domestic felines, and now has produced important research into relationship between global warming and sustained viability of Lion, Tiger, Jaguar, Panther, Cougar and Bobcat populations across 5 continents.”
This whole sordid affair is resume padding for the purpose of grant seeking. Equivalent to me saying I have been awarded the Best Blog Award simply because I say something on someone else’s blog now and then, though none of my contributions are important in the grande (and even little) scheme of things. But I participate, therefore I am worthy of awarded adulation. Send money.
Poof and piffle.
Back in the old days, participation would mean I would get a white or green “Participation” ribbon, maybe. But these days we have to over-congratulate humans lest the wee little fragile things get an inferiority complex.
These prize giving entities have gone off the rails. Awards, stellar resumes and self-esteem are built only one way: Through one stress producing mistake after another until the 1200th+ re-worked thingamajig version actually works and leads to a significant improvement in human existence.
So here’s my model of when we will see a humble apology and retraction: When hell freezes over. And my model will likely out-perform the IPCC models-based report this yahoo “says” he is responsible for.
I would never suggest something like an irate email writing campaign to Woods Hole. Putting some pressure on the management and letting them know there are lots of people watching might be unseemly. It is a technique the warmists use to apply pressure to anyone and everyone they disagree with. Turnaround is fair play, they say, but it is not something we would want to do.
Again, I would never suggest an email blitz campaign.
At the same time, such a campaign could cause hell to freeze over. Certain groups are known to cave in quickly and easily as soon as things get hot.
Tony, you are far more eloquent than this raised on a ranch Irish redhead. Telling it my way does not win friends and influence people. Fortunately Anth*** lets me rif a bit here so I don’t do it elsewhere.
Ms. Gray,
Now I am wondering whether this raised in the mean and dirty city Irish mophead’s “Calling big fat liars a big fat liar” style is winning ME any friends?
Oh, wait….nope, still not wondering or caring after all.
Never mind.
🙂
If enough climate scientists claim this it’ll become a consensus and therefore true. Right?
Now come on, don’t you understand the New Progressive Normal?
Here is what we have all learned in recent days:
– It doesn’t matter if you’re genetically a “woman”, all that matters is that you FEEL like a woman.
– It doesn’t matter if you’re genetically “black”, all that matters is that you IDENTIFY with “black culture”.
– And, it doesn’t matter whether or not you actually were “awarded” a Nobel Prize, all that matters is that you FEEL like you won a Nobel Prize.
See? It’s all so simple.
Well, wws, I FEEL like I’m rich so I’m going to head down to the local Ferrari dealer and write a check for something red and really fast. (Of course my bank and the police officers they send to my house for a social call must respect my feelings in this matter.)
What is the going rate for a Nobel Peace Prize these days or the group rate for a group prize? Were those handled by FIFA deals also?
I paid 1400 Swiss Francs for mine at a blind-bid charity auction. Nailed it too, when they revealed that the next highest bid was 1360 Francs … next year I think I’ll get one for 6 year old daughter.
“Along with other lead authors of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports, Dr. Houghton was a recipient of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.”
You see, this is the problem. These climate change charlatans have no hesitation to deceive, mislead, lie, distort the truth, etc etc. They do because it is an ego thing. Individuals like Houghton think they are legends but they are not … except in their own minds!
Peace prize? And how serious conflict has been stoked by the misallocation of resources due to the misguided focus on CO² and so called ‘global warming’? How many useful life preserving/saving projects not pursued? What’s that famous curse? ‘May you live in interesting times’.
Houghton lied
Job growth died
I’m not so sure the claim is false. It’s just a typo. It should have read:
‘“Along with other lead authors of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports, Dr. Houghton was a recipient of the 2007 Nobel Piece-of-the-Pie Prize.”’
A bit more grist for the mill 😉
“2007 Nobel Peace Prize
CU-Boulder Research Faculty Share 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore
Several CU-Boulder research faculty shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with former Vice President Al Gore for their contributions to the international report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. They include faculty from the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, the ecology and evolutionary biology department and the economics department.”
http://www.colorado.edu/UCB/news.old/nobel/2007peaceprize/index.html
William E. Easterlings CV (Dean College of Earth and Mineral Sciences The Pennsylvania State University)
“Coordinating Lead Author, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Working Group II, Fourth Assessment Report (Chapter 5, Food, Fibre, Forestry), 2005-2007. (Nominated by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy) The IPCC, its Chairpersons, and Lead Authors were co-awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with former Vice President Al Gore.”
Cv link http://www.ems.psu.edu/sites/default/files/u5/vita/Easterling_ExtCV_011612.pdf
Fake Nobel pic on bio http://www.ems.psu.edu/easterling
(h/t & a few more here http://fakenobellaureates.com/author/donnalaframboise/ )
Marilyn Brown Professor School of Public Policy, Georgia Tech
” Among her honors and awards, she is a co-recipient of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, for co-authorship of the report on Mitigation of Climate Change.”
http://www.tpac.gatech.edu/people/faculty/marilynbrown
And on her linkedin page…
“Co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, 2007, for co-authorship of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Working Group III Assessment Report on Mitigation of Climate Change.” https://www.linkedin.com/pub/marilyn-brown/29/7a7/484
(for extra points the search string Marilyn Brown +”co-recipient of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize” gets 455 results on Google, someone has some housekeeping to do!)
Professor Elisabeth Holland University of the South Pacific
“In 2007, she was a co-recipient of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for her contribution to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). She is an author of four of the five IPCC reports and also served as a US, German and now a Fiji representative.”
http://pace.usp.ac.fj/elisabeth/en-us/directorpacesd.aspx
University of North Carolina (2014) describes Berrien Moore III as:
“Moore, a Carolina alumnus, received along with Al Gore and colleagues of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for efforts to improve knowledge about climate change and lay the foundations for measures needed to counteract it.”
http://uncnews.unc.edu/2014/03/11/nobel-peace-prize-co-recipient-work-climate-change-speak-march-19/
“As coordinating lead author of the final chapter of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC’s) Third Assessment Report, Moore shared in the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.”
http://climatesciences.jpl.nasa.gov/about/advisory-board
Dr. Brad Bass Environment Canada, Government in-house Green Roof expert
“AWARDS / EDUCATION: Ph.D. Geography, 2007 Co-recipient of Nobel Peace Prize as member of IPCC-TGICA”
http://www.ec.gc.ca/scitech/default.asp?lang=En&n=F97AE834-1&xsl=scitechprofile&formid=E017A360-6EEB-4276-8157-4E1DFE14B2A3
“Karen Clark Honored with Award for Nobel Peace Prize
BOSTON, May 21, 2008
Karen Clark & Company announced today that Karen Clark, President and CEO, has been honored with an award certificate for the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize bestowed on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).”
http://www.karenclarkandco.com/press-releases/2008/05/21/Karen-Clark-Honored-with-Award-for-Nobel-Peace-Prize.html
Dr. Atiq Rahman Bangladesh Centre for advanced studies
“Nobel Peace Prize in 2007
Dr. Atiq Rahman is a well recognized global leader in sustainable development. He was a lead author of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report, which received Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. He was a recipient of this Noble Peace Prize with other scientists.”
http://www.bcas.net/about-bcas.php?id=34
PennState
“Dr. Richard Alley, received the Nobel Peace Prize for work on climate change
Dr. Richard Alley is a Penn State professor, environmental scientist, PBS host, book author, polar ice expert, bicycle enthusiast, geologist, Nobel Prize winner, Johnny Cash impersonator, former oil company employee”
http://faces.psu.edu/faces/dr-richard-alley/
Texas A&M University Nobel Prize Recipients:
“Nobel Peace Prize: McCarl, Bruce: Year: 2007
Title: Distinguished Professor
College: Agriculture and Life Sciences
Department: Agricultural Economics ”
https://dof.tamu.edu/nobelprize
Steve Running Regents Professor, University of Montana
“Awards: Co-recipient, Nobel Peace Prize 2007”
http://www.ntsg.umt.edu/user/9
Dr.Gordon A. McBean, Western university Canada
“Gordon A. McBean, Ph.D., FRSC, NOBEL PEACE PRIZE CO-RECIPIENT
Gordon McBean, professor in the departments of Geography and Political Science, is one of many co-recipients of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize…”
http://geography.uwo.ca/Honours/Index.html
Rodel D. Lasco, PhD University of the Philippines
“…Since 1999, he has been a lead author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and was the 2007 cowinner of the Nobel Peace Prize.”
http://press.up.edu.ph/changing-philippine-climate/
“Simon Lee, senior researcher for Dow Chemical Co. and a 2007 Nobel Peace Prize winner, is the recipient of the business’ inaugural Sustainability Innovator Award for implementing a next-generation foaming agent technology that reduces greenhouse gas emissions in the production of Styrofoam. ”
http://www.mlive.com/saginawnews/business/index.ssf/2008/09/dow_honors_nobel_peace_prize_w.html
Andrew Weaver Lansdowne Professor and Canada Research Chair in climate modeling and analysis in the School of Earth and Ocean Sciences at University of Victoria
“NOBEL PEACE PRIZE LAUREATE; CLIMATE CHANGE EXPERT; ACCLAIMED AUTHOR; FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA”
http://www.theguildagency.com/speakers/andrew-weaver/
Dr. Pavel Kabat, director general and chief executive officer of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Austria
“Dr. Kabat’s scientific expertise and research cover earth system science, global change, climate system, climate change impacts and etc. Academic and societal awards and distinctions received by Dr. Kabat include 2007 Nobel Peace Prize (co-recipient of a group prize awarded to IPCC),”
http://www.brookings.edu/events/2014/10/10-benefits-systems-analysis
Philippe Ciais Global Carbon Atlas Scientific team
“…and was lead author of the IPCC 4th assessment report – for which he was one of the co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007”
http://www.globalcarbonatlas.org/?q=en/team
Jean-François Soussana Scientific director, INRA and Member of Groupe II, GIEC
“BACKGROUND / Academic and professional background
Co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize 2007 (as the Lead Author, AR4, IPCC)”
http://positiveeconomy.co/speaker/jean-francois-soussana/
I ran out of time before I ran out of quotes!
Too many wildfires to stamp them all out.
Wait, there’s more…
http://web.uvic.ca/~wcirc/english/staff/prowse.php
“2007 Nobel Peace Prize co-award winner as multi-year IPCC lead author for substantial contributions to the IPCC; from R.K. Pachauri, Chairman of the IPCC”
Gee this one is even qualified by a sex predator,
Amazing! Unbelievable.
What egos these “co-recipients” must have.
Hey, before you all leave this thread, there’s one more….
I was at the U of Colorado when everybody got their Piece of the Prize, and was an expert reviewer for two IPCC reports (not that they paid any attention to my reviews, mind you).
So I nominate myself ex-post-toastie as a Winner of the 2007 Nobel Piece Prize!
Come on down!
“In 2014, the U.S. Government (taxpayers) gave $4,984,373 that represented 55.5% of Woods Hole’s research money. It is not known how much money was raised based upon Dr. Houghton’s “Nobel Prize credentials”.
Perhaps the taxpayers should have known:
In October 2012, the IPCC issued a Statement about the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. It reads, in part: “The prize was awarded to the IPCC as an organization, and not to any individual associated with the IPCC. Thus it is incorrect to refer to any IPCC official, or scientist who worked on IPCC reports, as a Nobel laureate or Nobel Prize winner.”
Money for nothing and your checks (cheques) for free.
I thought it was “chicks for free”?
Proudly joining the ranks of such august and noble personages as Yasser Arafat, Barack Obama, and Algore.
A couple of days ago on the Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #183 I noticed that Jane Leggett does this too.
Climate Change, The Movement. Where nothing is authentic.
Heck with the mendacious test for award climate cons use Gene Roddenberry deserves the Nobel Peace Prize for the peace brought about by the Federation he created.
And the result is more BS?
People who claim for medals and rank to which they are not entitled are called, by members of the British Armed forces, ‘Mittys’, I suggest that any scientist who claims to be a ‘co-recipient’ of an NPP should be referred to as a Mitty in any discussion that includes his name or work.
Donna LaFramboise has a website dedicated to documenting Fake Climate Change Nobel Laureates. Add your posers here:
http://fakenobellaureates.com/
Donna and Anthony get the most awesomest people in the world prize. We just have to make some tacky trophies. I don’t know if people want a noble peace prize at this point. It’s like finding yourself in with the wrong crowd on accident.
“People who think they have won the NPP for their contributions to CC” need to read WUWT regularly. It could save them many heartaches. Anyway, “Those whom the gods wish to destroy they first award the NPP”.
A usual modesty of consensus researchers.
Looks like he changed his web-page again:
“Dr. Houghton contributed to the reports of the IPCC which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007.”
Ha ha
He may have altered t he main body that was pointed out earlier, but scroll down to the bottom of the page, look under the heading Achievements and Awards
The second line, a portion of the Nobel Prize, still rings of receiving to me..
Maybe capturing a screen shot of this is also in order.
He had the footer changed also, the second line now reads:
Scrubbing history.
Wait, what?!
The telling of falsehoods, and narcissistic self promotion in the ranks of the Warmista Brothethood?!
I am shocked, SHOCKED by this revelation!
Well, pehsps we can comfort ourselves in the knowledge that people that tell one big fat lie are unlikely to ever tell another.
Men I believe you my friend. People who tell one big fat lie never tell another one. While I have your attention, I know you would be interested, would you like to consider some investments I am brokering? Let’s get started. Have you ever received 100% return on your investment in just a few days? Well…
I thought everyone would notice the sarcasm oozing out of the screen, so I did not bother with the sarc/ tag.
But you probably knew that.
For the record, if anything I write doesn’t sound either technical, outraged, or scornful, then I’m probably joking.
Once upon a time
a Nobel Peace Prize fell into a Black Hole
(which was connected to a Worm Hole)
in which it was torn to pieces;
one of which emerged in a Woods Hole…