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Rumor has it the Koch bros were bedridden with soaring temperatures after they learned of the results
of a study they funded not only supported the findings of the UN's IPCC findings, but went further ..

"In short, a Koch-funded study has found that the IPCC “consensus” underestimated
both the rate of surface warming and how much could be attributed to human emissions!"

It not only converted a climate change skeptic, Richard Muller, of BEST, but even more importantly
stands as clear and encouraging evidence that climate scientists, though sometimes they are,
are not always governed by the attitudes of those who fund their research projects .. ..

which is consistent with the bottom bit in bold now here ..

Lisa Wright, a foe of natural gas drilling using hydraulic fracturing, or facking, sent the following essay reflecting on recent posts about apparent undisclosed conflicts of interest [ http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/?s=groat+texas+gas ] in a University of Texas gas drilling study and an unrefereed study claiming a link between drilling and fetal health [ http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/25/when-publicity-precedes-peer-review-in-the-fight-over-fracking/ ]. Her piece is cogent and constructive and worthy of being featured as a “Your Dot [ http://j.mp/YourDot ]” contribution. Wright, who recently moved to a suburb of Washington, D.C., is a native of upstate New York (and songwriter [ http://www.lisawrightsongs.com/ ]) who says she spent much of the last four years there volunteering with anti-drilling groups. Here’s her piece asks if COI (conflicts of interest) have become the new BAU (business as usual). (I think the quality of energy analysis derives from data and methods, not who pays the bills. But I agree with Wright that new standards for disclosure are clearly needed.) .. http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/replies.aspx?msg=77920842

arizona, yours is both very good and sorry bad news .. thanks .. :)