Re: [asa] Obama’s Science Czar John Holdren involved in unwinding “Climategate” scandal

On Nov 29, 2009, at 7:36 PM, John Walley wrote:

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> Obama’s Science Czar John Holdren involved in unwinding “Climategate” scandal
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> http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/17183
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> By Dr. Tim Ball and Judi McLeod Tuesday, November 24, 2009

In September 2006, Dr. Tim Ball filed a lawsuit against The Calgary Herald as well as Dr. Dan Johnson, a professor of environmental science at the Department of Geography at the University of Lethbridge. Ball's suit is over the publication of a letter to the editor published in April 2006 by Johnson responding to an opinion column by Ball. In his statement of claim, Ball objects to Johnson's letter in which statements about his academic record were disputed. The following was in the Statement of Defence by The Calgary Herald denying that Dr. Ball suffered any loss to his reputation because "[Dr. Ball] never held a reputation in the scientific community as a noted climatologist and authority on global warming ... [Dr. Ball] is viewed as a paid promoter of the agenda of the oil and gas industry rather than as a practicing scientist.” Ball withdrew the suit in June 2007.

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Received on Sun Nov 29 22:42:01 2009