- Bishop Hill blog - The IPCC's private portals

Readers may remember that several months ago, Chris Horner of the CEI reported that people working for the IPCC had set up private portals, apparently to allow them to communicate without being subject to FOI legislation. The original story at WUWT is here and Horner does not mince his words, noting the parallels with the Abramoff case.

Horner responded to this news by issuing a FOIA request for any related correspondence held by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and a partial response has now been received. Roughly two thirds of the responsive documents are being withheld.

The most interesting record released is the one extracted below...

Audubon understands Gleick committed fraud | JunkScience.com

What a shiny penny! | Planet3.0

We should welcome talk about the disputed memo, becayse it allows us to talk about Peter Gleick, [What was ever not allowing people to talk about Peter Gleick?] who he is, and why he would do such an outre thing. Because the more we talk about these things, ehe more people think about Heartland and its ilk. And that is precisely what we have been failing to do for decades. 

See, I am impressed by a man (of whom I’ve long been, frankly, mightily jealous) taking retirement while still smart and vigorous, and achieving so much in the spectacular method of his retirement.

Scientists report a rebound effect from global CFC ban > Trends > Research | Click Green

Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which have been used in recent years in increasing quantities as substitutes for CFCs, are also climatically very active and many are also extremely long-lived.

In the journal Science, an international team of researchers recommends that the most potent of these gases also be regulated. This could save the positive “side effect” of the Montreal Protocol for the global climate.

NYTimes’ Michael Roston Compares Scientist Involved In Heartland Institute Document Leak To James O’Keefe - Republic Report : Republic Report

will the coverage continue to focus on Gleick and not the larger scandal here?

Brendan DeMelle | Republic Report Slams Media Obsession With Shiny Penny In Heartland DenialGate Coverage

most mainstream media outlets are mesmerized with the Peter Gleick saga rather than reporting on the revelations within the documents.