The BBC pits six lawyers against one questioning blogger, Tony Newbery of Harmless Sky, who was making an FOI request for the 28 names. In the process, the judge demonstrates…
Tag: Freedom of information legislation
McIntyre's triumph over Gergis, Karoly, and Mann
I’m a bit late in covering this due to other issues of interest taking precedence, but I want to make sure this is widely known. We’ve covered the issue of…
Questions on the CRU email backup server.
Over at Climate Audit, Steve reports on the Update for the FOI for the Wahl Attachments He’s wondering about the use of that mailserver and why there are inconsistencies, for example:…
The 'secret' IPCC Stocker WG1 memo – found!
You may recall that WUWT reported this on Sepetember 6th, 2012: Game on – NOAA’s refusal of documents earns them a lawsuit Over the last couple of days, CEI’s Chris Horner…
Game on – NOAA's refusal of documents earns them a lawsuit
We’ll see how badly they want to protect these emails, and if they rise to Mannian UVa protection level seven. Over the last couple of days, CEI’s Chris Horner has…
FOI email: science is only influenced by 'big oil' if they do it
Here’s a stunning juxtaposition of two emails (released under FOI request and supplied by Christopher Horner to me) from the University of Arizona’s climate scientist Dr. Jonathan Overpeck regarding ‘big…
The secret letter UEA and CRU doesn't want us (or anybody else) to read
Uh oh. Steve McIntyre has written an eviscerating essay about a secret letter circulated by the IPCC to UEA/CRU, which they are refusing to divulge, because: there would be an…
Don't Say That! Just Don't Say It!
As the result of a Freedom of Information Act request, the US Government has released the list of words that will trigger the Department of Homeland Security to start monitoring…
Myles off from the target
Josh of cartoonsbyjosh.com writes of a new climate FAIL entry: Hopefully you’ve watched the video, read the posts and comments here and at Climate Audit and Bishop Hill. Basically Myles…
Three questions for Andrew Revkin and Michael Mann
UPDATE: 7:10PM PST Rather than answer the questions, I appear to have been blocked by Dr. Mann from viewing his twitter account. See below Earlier today, this tweet exchange took…
East Anglia Climatic Research Unit shown to be liars by results of latest FOIA ruling and investigation
This will be a top sticky post for a day or two – new stories appear below this one. In the over 7,000 published stories here on WUWT, I have…
ATI's video summary of the Mann UVA case
This is a historical summary, that shows both past and present context of Climategate and Michael Mann’s legal fight to keep his emails from University of Virgina a secret from…
Mann -vs- ATI case–unsettled
Prince William climate case judge already anticipating the appeal By Tom Jackman Washington Post The e-mails of climate researcher Michael E. Mann are at the heart of a Freedom of…
Richard Black, BBC, Hypocrisy, and FOI
Geoffrey Thorpe-Willett writes in with this: Following the Gleick incident Richard Black of the BBC thinks there is a lack of transparency for the organisations involved. I agree, and so…
IPCC declares itself exempt from FOIA laws
From Bishop Hill, such a short story that it is difficult to excerpt, and given the importance, and the continuation reference to the story I broke on WUWT, I don’t…
Briffa asks for email deletion becuase FOIA is a "time sink" and an "inconvenient subsequent distraction"
0058.txt date: Thu Oct 9 17:56:17 2008 from: Keith Briffa <k.briffa@uea.xxxx> subject: Re: Tom Giverin – IN STRICT CONFIDENCE to: “Toumi, Ralf” <r.toumi@imperial.xxxx> Ralf [[[redacted: reference]]] Finally, might I ask…
Mann hires attorneys to halt FOIA document production
From the there’s “nothing to see here and my lawyer says so too” department, we have news that Dr. Michael Mann really doesn’t want those UVA emails to get sunlight.…
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