Hal Lewis' resignation from the American Physical Society just didn't pass the sniff test. Now we find out why. Lewis joined the Global Warming Policy Foundation, an organization with ties to the 20 year misinformation campaign by the oil and coal industries that definitely doesn't pass any sniff tests. The GWPF is located at 1 Carlton House Terrace, London, in a room rented from the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining and lists Benny Peiser, a social anthropologist, as the director.
Benny Peiser is a UK social anthropologist on the Heartland Institute "Global warming experts" list. Peiser is a Social Anthropologist, and not a Climate Scientist. According to a search of 22,000 academic journals, Peiser has published 3 research papers in peer-reviewed journals: Sports Medicine, 2006; Journal of Sports Sciences (2004); and, Bioastronomy 2002: life among the stars (2004). None of these studies are related to human-induced climate change.
In Lewis' resignation letter he cites “Climategate” emails as evidence scientists at East Anglia’s world-leading Climate Research Unit were rigging evidence in favor of man-made climate change...they DON'T.
The manufactured controversy over emails stolen from the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit has generated a lot more heat than light. The email content being quoted does not indicate that climate data and research have been compromised. Most importantly, nothing in the content of these stolen emails has any impact on our overall understanding that human activities are driving dangerous levels of global warming. Media reports and contrarian claims that they do are inaccurate.
Investigations Clear Scientists of Wrongdoing
* Factcheck.org says claims against scientists misrepresent the content of the emails.
* Penn State University cleared scientist Michael Mann (pdf) of wrongdoing.
* An independent investigation commissioned by the University of East Anglia found no evidence of fraud or deceit.
* A UK Parliament report concluded that the emails have no bearing on our understanding of climate science and that claims against UEA scientists are misleading.
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Professor Hal Lewis Joins The GWPF
Tuesday, 12 October 2010 09:17 administrator
The Global Warming Policy Foundation is delighted and honoured to announce that Professor Harold (Hal) Lewis, one of America's most distinguished physicists, has agreed to join our Academic Advisory Council.
Harold Lewis is Emeritus Professor of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara. He is a former member of the Defense Science Board and former chairman of its Technology panel. He was co-founder and former Chairman of JASON and a former member of the USAF Scientific Advisory Board. On 6 October 2010, he resigned from the American Physical Society, 67 years after he had joined the APS, in protest over the politicalisation of climate research and the stifling of scientific debate.
The GWPF Academic Advisory Council is composed of researchers, scientists, economists and science authors who provide the GWPF with timely scientific, economic and policy advice. It evaluates new studies and reports, explores future research projects and makes recommendations on issues related to climate research and policy.
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