FOIA, Government-Funded Climate Science and Hole-Digging « JoNova

These documents detailed funding for 160 government climate scientists, almost all of these employed by the CSIRO and Bureau of Meteorology, BOM. It appeared that there were significant accounting discrepancies suggesting the overpayment of CSIRO and BOM of about $10 million. The DCCEE has declined to comment on the discrepancy, in particular the provision of funding for salaries apparently far in excess of what could be reasonably justified and supplementary to core agency funding.

Teacher training: What it all means – Climate Change | Tallbloke's Talkshop

I wondered what sort of information is fed to the teachers who decide what to include in lessons such as Geography. The Notes re-produced below are on page 9 of this publication given to teachers by Derby City Council. It was produced by Resource Recovery Solutions (Derbyshire) Ltd, a UK registered limited company. Note that there is not a hint of any references to any external material.

Uh oh, there be grafting in Marcott et al | Watts Up With That?

So they have now essentially “grafted the thermometer record onto” Mann’s reconstruction.

Twitter / oldandrewuk: This is astounding. 100 academics ...

This is astounding. 100 academics put their name to a letter that is mainly just cliches and jargon. Embarrassing. http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/letters/letters-gove-will-bury-pupils-in-facts-and-rules-8540741.html …