E-mails show Harvard, Syracuse universities, researchers falsely claimed no EPA invol
Just shows that the some Universities will say anything for grant money used to fuel a political position. This group got 45 million. JMO
E-mails show Harvard, Syracuse universities, researchers falsely claimed no EPA involvement in Clean Power Plan study
Posted on June 3, 2015 by Steve Milloy
E-mails obtained from EPA through the Freedom of Information Act show that Harvard University, Syracuse University and two researchers falsely claimed a study supporting EPA’s upcoming global warming rules was conducted ‘independent’ of the agency.
As we reported on May 5, undisclosed financial conflict of interest questions swirled around a new article in the journal Nature Climate Change supporting EPA’s claim that its carbon dioxide rule would save thousands of lives per year. Here’s the New York Times headline:
https://junksciencecom.files.wordpre...ng?w=500&h=107
Notwithstanding that the study authors,
https://junksciencecom.files.wordpre...png?w=500&h=49
received or were involved in $45 million worth of research grants from EPA, they were simply and innocuously described by the media as:
These representations were fueled by at least three claims and protestations of independence from EPA.First, a Harvard School of Public Health media release described the researchers as “independent”:
https://junksciencecom.files.wordpre...ng?w=500&h=404
Here is similar the Syracuse University media release:
https://junksciencecom.files.wordpre...ng?w=500&h=105
Second, study co-author Driscoll told the Buffalo News that he had “no dog in the fight”:
https://junksciencecom.files.wordpre...ng?w=500&h=104
Driscoll also told the New York Times that it was a “coincidence” that a study model closely resembled the EPA proposal:
https://junksciencecom.files.wordpre...png?w=300&h=73
Third, study co-author Jonathan Buonocore told U.S. News and World Report:
https://junksciencecom.files.wordpre...png?w=500&h=56
But e-mails obtained from EPA by JunkScience.com now show these claims to be false.
Below is a July 8, 2014 e-mail from study author Kathy Lambert to EPA staffersBryan Hubbell and Linda Chappell (the EPA contact person for the cost-benefit analysis of the Clean Power Plan) asking for EPA help on the study. Note the recipients of the e-mail include study authors Charles Driscoll and Jonathan Buonocore. Remember Bounocore later told U.S. News & World Report that EPA did not “participate or interact” with the study authors.
https://junksciencecom.files.wordpre...ng?w=500&h=363
Here is a follow-up July 8, 2014 e-mail from EPA asking that the lead EPA staffer for the Clean Power Plan cost-benefit analysis, Amanda Brown, be included in the communications. Note Driscoll and Buonocore are included on this e-mail, too.
https://junksciencecom.files.wordpre...ng?w=500&h=360
Below is an e-mail from Driscoll to EPA staffer Ellen Kurlansky discussing the study and even hinting at some quid pro quo — i.e., Isn’t our study wonderful, EPA? So can you help us fundraise?
https://junksciencecom.files.wordpre...ng?w=500&h=411
Below is an e-mail that shows study author Joel Schwartz was looped in to the collaboration with EPA.
https://junksciencecom.files.wordpre...ng?w=500&h=404
Below is a November 7, 2014 e-mail from study author Kathy Lambert to EPA staffers Rob Pinder and Jeffrey Herrick, and then-EPA post doc Shannon Cappsasking for EPA’s views and involvement in the study.
https://junksciencecom.files.wordpre...ng?w=500&h=372
Absent some unimagined explanation, these e-mails flatly contradict the claims made in the Harvard and Syracuse media releases and in statements to media by Driscoll and Buonocore.
http://junkscience.com/2015/06/03/e-...er-plan-study/