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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (10569)	3/19/2007 9:04:09 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 36921

Gore gets signatures for climate change Staff and agencies 18 March, 2007 By ERIK SCHELZIG, Associated Press Writer Fri Mar 16, 7:18 PM ET NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Former Vice President Al Gore has collected nearly 300,000 electronic signatures asking Congress to take action on global warming, Gore said in an entry on his Web site Friday. Gore said the signatures demonstrate "that hundreds of thousands of people share my sense of urgency" on climate change. Gore is scheduled to testify before Congress about the issue Wednesday. As of Friday morning, Gore‘s Web site had received 294,374 signatures. Gore called on supporters to urge friends and family to come up with enough new signatures for him to collect 350,000 by Wednesday. Gore, who starred in the documentary film "An Inconvenient Truth" about global warming, has said repeatedly he has no plans to join the field of 2008 Democratic presidential aspirants. Gore said there is a consensus on global warming among scientists. Gore cited findings reported last month by the Intergovernmental Panel in Climate Change reported that global warming is so severe that it will "continue for centuries," leading to a far different planet in 100 years. The panel, established by the United Nations , concluded that global warming is "very likely" caused by man, meaning more than 90 percent certain. ___ Gore‘s Web site: algore.com localnewsleader.com

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (10569)	3/19/2007 9:14:25 AM
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Pat Michaels in the news Category: patmichaels Posted on: August 2, 2006 2:06 PM, by Tim Lambert Notorious fraud Pat Michaels is in the news some more. First, Coby Beck reports that California as part of discovery in lawsuit involving automobile companies and global warming wants: All DOCUMENTS relating to both GLOBAL WARMING and to any of the following individuals: S. Fred Singer, James Glassman, David Legates, Richard Lindzen, Patrick J. Michaels, Thomas Gale Moore, Robert C. Balling, Jr., Sherwood B. Idso, Craig D. Idso, Keith E. Idso, Sallie Baliunas, Paul Reiter, Chris Homer [sic], Ross McKitrick, Julian Morris, Frederick Seitz, Willie Soon, and Steven Milloy, including but not limited to: All DOCUMENTS relating to any communications between YOU and these individuals, and All DOCUMENTS relating to YOUR relationship (or the relationship of any automobile manufacturer or association of automobile manufacturers) with any of them, including but not limited to payments directly or indirectly from YOU or any other automobile manufacturer or association of automobile manufacturer to any of them. As Beck puts it: I can't wait to see if those voices claiming Michael Mann should have been happy for the chance to defend himself from a witch-hunting congress will present the same view in this case. Second, Eli Rabett asks about the ethics of Michaels taking $100,000 to promote global warming skepticism: There have been a number of comments about the ethics of the thing, but all appear to miss a very important point. Michaels is the Virginia State Climatologist. If he is accepting money to advocate on issues which are intimately related to his state/university position he is without question in the deep state employee ethics doo doo. This certainly should be looked at by the appropriate office at UVa You might also ask Tim Kane why he continues to employ Michaels as State Climatologist. Third Robert McClure tells us It seems that Michaels called [CNN Friday's Peter] Dykstra to complain that the network doesn't do enough to bring out the side of those who question the thesis that human industrial and transportation activity is warming the globe. Dykstra politely disagreed, but he was curious. So he took the time to look up all of the network's pieces on the topic. The expert CNN quoted most? Dr. Patrick Michaels. By a factor of two. He fills the false journalistic need for balance on the topic, Dykstra contends. And it doesn't hurt that when a network reporter in D.C. is looking to "balance" a story, Michaels is right there in town at the Cato Institute scienceblogs.com