Comments on: More Willie Soon

By: Cry for me, Willie Soon – Greg Laden's Blog

Cry for me, Willie Soon – Greg Laden's Blog — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 14:32:22 +0000

[…] Willie Soon is a soft-money scientist at Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics who has been producing highly questionable ‘science’ casting, for several years, faux light on the reality of the human caused process of global warming. It appears that most or all of Soon’s funding came directly or indirectly from the fossil fuel industry or supporters of that industry. Recently the dung has struck the rotating blades and the nexus of denialist ‘science,’ fossil fuel funding, and Willie Soon has been brightly illuminated for all to see. Soon’s activities have actually been known for quite some time. Indeed, one of the denialist arguments that this isn’t really a story is the based on the assertion that this isn’t really a new story. (Pro tip: something like this going on for years is a bigger, not smaller, story!) What is different this time is that mainstream media, currently undergoing a transition away from maintaining a false balance debate about climate change has started to get real, and the main main stream media outlet in the US, the New York Times, anointed the Soon story as a story. […]

By: Everett F Sargent

Everett F Sargent — Mon, 23 Feb 2015 19:05:05 +0000

“Now the Smithsonian, America’s largest museum and research organization, said it will look at whether Mr. Soon violated ethics laws during his work at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Massachusetts.

The organization is asking its internal investigator, the Inspector General, to launch “a full review of Smithsonian ethics and disclosure policies governing the conduct of sponsored research to ensure they meet the highest standards.”

“The Smithsonian is greatly concerned about the allegations surrounding Dr. Willie Soon’s failure to disclose funding sources for his climate change research,” a statement from the organization said.”

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/feb/23/smithsonian-will-investigate-climate-scientist-aft/

The Washington Times, but whatever.

Now, I want to see the actual full Smithsonian statement, from the source, the Smithsonian itself.

By: Douglas C Alder

Douglas C Alder — Mon, 23 Feb 2015 16:26:11 +0000

In short, what did they know and when did they know it? And, will there be any effort by the Smithsonian, or Harvard for that matter, to address this?

Seems pretty straightforward, either they knew and were compliant or they were totally incompetent in regards to their administrative responsibilities. In either case they should be removed from any position of authority.