Ouch. Sucks to be him. From the good British newspaper, the Telegraph (why don’t the American papers ever break these stories?), we have this:
Climategate: Michael Mann’s very unhappy New Year
Seems that the new year was kicked off at Penn state with an email to the 27 people at his Earth System Science Center:
…Whistleblower Rewards Program
The federal government has established vigorous programs to identify and prosecute fraudulent grant applications and administration. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) administers the False Claims Act. It allows rewards for those who come forward with details of grant fraud to share in the recovery of federal funds. This reward can be as much as 30% of the total amount reclaimed. The program is almost completely reliant on insiders to report their knowledge of the fraud in their institutions…
That’s a bunch of change. Can we say “ratwhistle”?
Happy New Year, Mike. You’re going to need that coal to stay warm this winter.
Also, presented without comment:
And in the spirit of the New Year, this is an open thread.
UPDATE: Speaking of keeping warm this winter.
Hard-up pensioners have resorted to buying books from charity shops and burning them to keep warm.
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A lot of them buy up large hardback volumes so they can stick them in the fire to last all night.’
A 500g book can sell for as little as 5p, while a 20kg bag of coal costs £5.
And the left accuses the right of burning books.
Tags: Michael Mann, Penn State
