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National Post Today

Aug 23, 2006 – 10:01 AM

We have an op ed in the National Post today about the Wegman Report. In addition, Terence Corcoran has a long article about a recent hatchet job published by the Globe and Mail about Tim Ball from a writer named Charles Montgomery. I had to laugh out loud at the following comments by Corcoran about […]

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USCCSP: Temperature Trends in the Lower Atmosphere

Aug 18, 2006 – 12:31 PM

One of the Kevins has drawn Appendix A “Statistical Issues Regarding Trends” in the recent USCCSP report "Temperature Trends in the Lower Atmosphere" to my attention. The appendix is coauthored by the omnipresent Wigley.

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It's Hard to Imagine…

Aug 10, 2006 – 5:44 PM

As you all recall, the NAS panel let MBH off rather lightly in respect to disclosure and the House Energy and Commerce Committee couldn’t be bothered. So all in all, MBH dodged a bullet and you’d think that they’d have been wise enough to leave well enough alone. But no. In today’s Nature, Mann, Bradley […]

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Sciencemag on House E&C Hearing

Aug 1, 2006 – 5:41 AM

Richard Kerr of Science has reported on the House Energy and Commerce Committee hearings. Having lived through the hearings, it’s interesting to see how they get characterized. For example, Kerr says: He [North] said he doesn’t disagree with Wegman’s main finding that a single year or a single decade cannot be shown to be the […]

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Whitfield subCommittee II: Mann under fire

Jul 27, 2006 – 5:04 AM

Today’s hearing in Congress will be sound-only (for some reason), although it might be visually on CSPAN3 (check your listings) The speakers will be: Michael Mann Edward Wegman John Christy Ralph Cicerone Stephen McIntyre Jay Gulledge As soon as the link is available, I’ll post it up. Update: Link is here and video feed from […]

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Survivor Season 8: the Hockey Team – the Mann Overboard Episode

Jul 22, 2006 – 11:20 AM

Well, back from Washington. I’m not very good at describing reactions and impressions and touchy-feely stuff like that; I’m more comfortable describing what’s different with the 53rd and 84th series out of 112, but I’ll try.

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Whitfield SubCommittee: Edward Wegman Testimony

Jul 19, 2006 – 9:25 AM

Wegman goes through his conclusions in the report. Highlights: “The decentering error preferentially produces Hockey Sticks” ” Decentering has a big effect on reconstruction” ” With proper centering, the Hockey Stick shape disappears” “Dr Mann has unusually large reach with the other 43 authors” “Peer review is not as independent as would normally be the […]

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WSJ: House Energy report on the "mutual admiration society"

Jul 14, 2006 – 5:34 AM

John A: In today’s Wall Street Journal comes a mention of a report by three independent statisticians on the Hockey Stick It is routine these days to read in newspapers or hear — almost anywhere the subject of climate change comes up — that the 1990s were the "warmest decade in a millennium" and that […]

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Committee Hearing

Jul 12, 2006 – 9:18 PM

here .

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National Post Op Ed

Jul 12, 2006 – 6:12 AM

Here with accompanying editorial by Terence Corcoran here.

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