Although this misrepresentation did not bear on the dispute itself, it was the sort of thing that the academic community could dig its teeth into and Potti’s data manipulation began to unravel. Dr Nevens, Potti’s senior and coauthor at Duke, finally withdrew his support. The articles (published at the most eminent journals) were subsequently retracted.

On his web site

http://www.meteo.psu.edu/holocene/public_html/Mann/about/index.php“>

Michael Mann states he shared the Nobel Peace Prize with other IPCC authors in 2007 and his

http://legaltimes.typepad.com/files/michael-mann-complaint.pdf

‘complaint’ filed October 22, 2012, against CEI & Mark Steyn states As a result of this research, Dr Mann and his colleagues were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

It appears that no less an authority than Geir Lundestad, Director, Professor, The Norwegian Nobel Institute has responded

1) Michael Mann has never been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
2) He did not receive any personal certificate. He has taken the diploma awarded in 2007 to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (and to Al Gore) and made his own text underneath this authentic-looking diploma.
3) The text underneath the diploma is entirely his own. We issued only the diploma to the IPCC as such. No individuals on the IPCC side received anything in 2007.

Is this not the sort of thing that the academic community could dig its teeth into?, it’s certainly reminiscent of Mann’s proxy practise

In a case like this it is Duke University which needs to be made accountable for the academic misconduct of its faculty member because they failed to properly supervise his activities and abetted his misconduct by conducting a sham investigation.

Sanctions should be imposed which impact the University’s access to research funds.