SPN Environmental Policy Exchange: Volume 3, Issue 4
Published on Wednesday, August 11, 2010
ENVIRONMENTAL EXCHANGE
SPN Environmental Policy Exchange: Volume 3, Issue 4
Cosponsored by the State Policy Network and Commonwealth Foundation
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Top Story: Climategate
The buzz for July was undoubtedly the whitewash investigation by Penn State that cleared "Award-Winning" Michael Mann of any scientific misconduct charges in Climategate.
Among the reasons for clearing Mann, the report notes:
1. "This level of success in proposing research, and obtaining funding to conduct it, clearly places Mann among the most respected scientists in his field." Yet his ability to obtain funding for Penn State is exactly why an independent investigation, conducted outside the university, is needed.
2. "Had Dr. Mann's conduct been outside the range of accepted practices, it would have been impossible for him to receive so many awards..." But OJ Simpson, Tiger Woods, and Al Gore have also won awards - this does not excuse their bad behavior.
The Penn State inquiry failed to address the most important charge: the fact that Mann secretly blackballed those with opposing views - suggesting to his correspondents they should confront reporters publishing views challenging theirs and join together to ban a journal that published climate change criticism.
For more info, checkout the Climategate section under National News or the Commonwealth Foundation's Climategate Report.
Issues and Resources:
Climate Change
American Enterprise Institute
Beacon Hill Institute & Commonwealth Foundation
CATO
Heritage Foundation
Heartland Institute
Institute for Energy Research
National Center for Policy Analysis
Van Ness Feldman
Energy
Competitive Enterprise Institute
Heritage Foundation
Institute for Energy Research
Reason Foundation
National Center for Policy Analysis
Van Ness Feldman
Washington Policy Center
Environment
Competitive Enterprise Institute
Commonwealth Foundation
The Property and Environment Research Center
Reason Foundation
Van Ness Feldman
Washington Legal Foundation
Washington Policy Center
National News
CLIMATEGATE
- Penn State investigation cited Mann's 'level of success in proposing research and obtaining funding' as some sort of proof that he was meeting the 'highest standards', Climate Depot, July 2, 2010
- British Panel Clears Scientists, New York Times, July 7, 2010
- More Climategate heat: Mann's uncertainties, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, July 10, 2010
- A 'Joke' Impossible to Parody, American Spectator, July 24, 2010
- 'Climategate' fallout may impact legislation, The San Francisco Chronicle, July 19, 2010
- Iain Murray: Climategate inquiry glosses over the facts, Washington Examiner, July 20, 2010
- Climate alarmism?, The Orange County Register, July 25, 2010
- NOAA to Skeptics: We're Right, You Can't Deny It, Open Market, July 29, 2010
Oil Spill
- Market meddling led to BP oil spill, The Guardian, Friday 25 June 2010
- Why Is the Gulf Cleanup So Slow?, Wall Street Journal, July 2, 2010
- From Disaster to a Catastrophe In the Gulf - What's Obama's Endgame, FoxNews.com, July 15, 2010
- BP caps ruptured well, but more hurdles remain, USA Today, July 16, 2010
- The Gulf crisis isn't over, New York Post, July 19, 2010
- U.S. Drills Deep Into BP as Spill Drama Drags On, Wall Street Journal, July 21, 2010
- Thousands protest drilling moratorium at rally, Advocate Acadiana Bureau, July 21, 2010
Other Environmental News
- Reid Warms to July Climate Vote, Politico, July 13, 2010
- Teaching 'stuff' about ecology, Los Angeles Times, July 13, 2010
- Environmentalists lose battle for public mind, Washington Times, July 14, 2010
- Obama pours energy into electric-car batteries,but will it jump-start industry, Washington Post, July 16,2010
- Cap-and-Trade Bill Would Make Housing Less Affordable, Wall Street Journal, July 21, 2010
- Washington State's Climate Exec Order Challenged, American Spectator, July 21, 2010
- Senate's Top Democrat to Introduce Scaled-Down Energy Bill, CNN, July 23, 2010
- The Death Of The Global Warming Movement, Forbes, July 28, 2010
Links of Interest
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