While the deniersphere (and Climate Depot in particular) attempts to get people interested in Pachauri's resignation from the IPCC (and his subsequent unexplained hospitalization) by hyping his comment that protecting the Earth, all species and the sustainability of our ecosystems is his "religion" and "dharma," the rest of the media is focused on the Soon controversy.
And with good reason, as things seem to be heating up. Due to Soon's undisclosed conflict of interest when submitting research to academic journals, Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) has sent requests to seven universities asking them for the funding records of researchers who may have Soon-esque conflicts of interest.
In addition to their initial coverage, Inside Climate News has a few different pieces related to the Soon controversy that are beginning to emerge. In one piece, Lisa Song takes a closer look at the letters Soon sent to the journals that published his work to see if he disclosed the payments from fossil fuel interest groups to the journals before publication. David Hasemyer writes on the Smithsonian, which has started an internal investigation as well as a review of their ethics and disclosure policies. This internal investigation is key, as the newly released documents show that it was in fact Soon's employers at the Smithsonian that signed the contract with coal-powered utility Southern Company (a fact that WUWT highlights) for Soon's work. In another piece, Sabrina Shankman zeroes in on one of Soon's deliverables, a talk about polar bears (and how "Too much ice is really bad for polar bears"). Finally (for today at least) Lisa Song has produced a nice guide to Soon's fossil fuel funded research.
We expect the fallout to continue, but for now we'll part with one last self-indulgent link: our post from last year about Soon accusing WMO and others of "prostituting science."
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