Corporate Cash Tied To Climate Change Skeptic
Scientist Wei-Hock soon, known as “Willie” is often quoted by conservatives to try to deny climate change.
But newly released documents show the extent to which Dr. Soon’s work has been tied to funding he received from corporate interests.
He has accepted more than $1.2 million in money from the fossil-fuel industry over the last decade while failing to disclose that conflict of interest in most of his scientific papers. At least 11 papers he has published since 2008 omitted such a disclosure, and in at least eight of those cases he appears to have violated ethical guidelines of the journals that published his work.[su_center_ad]
The documents show that Dr. Soon, in correspondence with his corporate funders, described many of his scientific papers as “deliverables” that he completed in exchange for their money. He used the same term to describe testimony he prepared for Congress…
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Dr. Soon has found a warm welcome among politicians in Washington and state capitals who try to block climate action. United States Senator James M. Inhofe, the Oklahoma Republican who claims that climate change is a global scientific hoax, has repeatedly cited Dr. Soon’s work over the years.
In a Senate debate last month, Mr. Inhofe pointed to a poster with photos of scientists questioning the climate-change consensus, including Dr. Soon. “These are scientists that cannot be challenged,” the senator said. A spokeswoman for the senator said Friday that he was traveling and could not be reached for comment.
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aspromised February 21st, 2015 at 8:30 pm
“He has accepted more than $1.2 million in money from the fossil-fuel industry over the last decade while failing to disclose that conflict of interest in most of his scientific papers.”
And he calls them “DELIVERABLES”. I interpret that to mean something to the HIGHEST BIDDERS, huh.
fancypants February 21st, 2015 at 8:59 pm
I never understood why we spend so much on climate studies when in other parts of the world its hard to see 1/4 of a mile from where your standing.