{"id":19937,"date":"2014-07-11T11:05:08","date_gmt":"2014-07-11T16:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/?p=19937"},"modified":"2014-07-11T11:05:08","modified_gmt":"2014-07-11T16:05:08","slug":"mann-uva-win-lawsuit-ati-will-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/11\/mann-uva-win-lawsuit-ati-will-pay\/","title":{"rendered":"Mann, UVA, Win Lawsuit: ATI Will Pay"},"content":{"rendered":"

The American Tradition Institute<\/em> a.k.a. ATI<\/em> a.k.a. Energy & Environmental Legal Institute<\/em> is a “think” tank that supports or engages in climate science denialism. You can read about it here<\/a> and here<\/a>. Michael Mann<\/a> is a climate scientist, famous for bringing to the world’s attention the alarming problem of hockey-stick style global warming<\/a>. According to Wikipedia<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The IPCC acknowledged that his work, along with that of the many other lead authors and review editors, contributed to the award of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The ATI, Michael Mann, and the University of Virginia have been engaged in certain legal activities and a decision was made a couple of days ago about one aspect of this.<\/p>\n

From Southern Studies<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\nVirginia’s highest court has ruled that the American Tradition Institute (ATI), a free-market think tank that promotes climate science denial, must pay damages to the University of Virginia and … Michael Mann for filing a frivolous lawsuit against them. The decision comes in a case that has sparked controversy about the abuse of public records laws to harass climate scientists.<\/p>\n

Mann … has been a target of climate science deniers for his research .. ATI had connections to fossil-fuel interests…<\/p>\n

On July 8, the Supreme Court of Virginia affirmed the ruling by the Circuit Court of Prince William County on appeal, ordering ATI to pay $250 in damages….<\/p>\n

The case can be traced back to 2010, when then-Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli (R) filed investigative demands ordering UVA to produce documents related to Mann as part of a widely criticized investigation into whether the scientist violated the state’s Fraud Against Taxpayers Act by allegedly falsifying data — a charge that has been discredited by several investigations by Penn State and other institutions. …<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, in January 2011, ATI submitted a Freedom of Information request to UVA for emails sent by Mann… In September 2012, the Virginia circuit court ruled against ATI [upheld by the VA supreme court]. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

EXCLUSIVE<\/h3>\n

National Geographic Scienceblogs Greg Laden’s Blog<\/em> has obtained exclusive information pertaining to the aftermath of this Virginia Supreme Court decision.<\/p>\n

\"Climate_Science_Legal_Defense_Fund_tshirt1\"<\/a>We have learned what Dr. Michael Mann intends to do with the windfall that comes from this judgement against the Koch funded science denialist group ATI a.k.a. Energy & Environmental Legal Institute. Mann tells us, “I intend to donate to the Climate Science Legal Defense Fund, of course!”<\/p>\n

Climate Science Legal Defense Found is HERE<\/a> on the internet. Readers of this blog will want to donate to the fund, of course. Also consider buying one of their very cool shirts<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I’ve got one of these shirts and it is very nice. I intend to buy a new one soon. It is a great conversation starter at family gatherings, but it is important to always have a spiffy looking new one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The American Tradition Institute a.k.a. ATI a.k.a. Energy & Environmental Legal Institute is a “think” tank that supports or engages in climate science denialism. You can read about it here and here. Michael Mann is a climate scientist, famous for bringing to the world’s attention the alarming problem of hockey-stick style global warming. According to … Continue reading Mann, UVA, Win Lawsuit: ATI Will Pay<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19940,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3362,148,856,857,97,1884,1882,3363],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5fhV1-5bz","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19937"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19937\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}