date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 12:48:13 -0000
from: "Gillian Watson" <G.Watson@uea.ac.uk>
subject: RE: sceptics
to: "Mike Hulme" <m.hulme@uea.ac.uk>

Mike,

I heard the Stott vs. Houghton item on the Today programme this morning...

There are a series of links to related web pages at the BBC online article
today on "Sceptics denounce climate science 'lie'" at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1833000/1833902.stm. Links
are included to the ESEF web site (http://www.scienceforum.net/) and the
sites for George C Marshall Institute (http://www.marshall.org/) and Philip
Stott (http://www.ecotrop.org/). Note also that the Tyndall web site is
listed 3rd on the internet links section...

Gillie



-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Hulme [mailto:m.hulme@uea.ac.uk]
Sent: 25 February 2002 12:35
To: tyn.all@uea.ac.uk
Subject: sceptics


Did anyone hear Stott vs. Houghton on Today, radio 4 this morning?  Woeful
stuff really.  This is one reason why Tyndall is sponsoring the  Cambridge
Media/Environment Programme to starve this type of reporting at source.

In the meantime the Carbon Trust were very annoyed by the piece (also an
article in The Daily Mail - surprise, surprise) and have talked to me about
their best line of action.  I have pursuaded them that a knee-jerk reaction
is not the best.  However, .......

Two questions can anyone help me with:

- are there any on-line web sources reporting on the US Panel that reported
to Bush last June on the credibility of the IPCC Assessments?

- can anyone find out about this European organisation that published this
report that has caused the flurry of activity?  I've heard of it before but
is there a web site?

Simon, could we have a chat about this soon, and Vanessa, please could you
buy me a Daily Mail today?

Thanks,

Mike



