Mark Lynas is digging in his heels and standing up for principle, or, if you're inclined to view this escalating controversy over IPCC process and ethics, he's being a handmaiden for the Dark Side in the endless climate wars. In his latest post, Lynas uses the analogy of an Exxon-Mobil employee being a lead IPCC author to explain further why this episode is so upsetting to him. He then writes:
How is the Exxon scenario different from what has just happened with the IPCC's renewables report? And why "“ when confronted with this egregious conflict of interest and abuse of scientific independence "“ has the response of the world's green campaigners been to circle the wagons and cry foul against the whistle-blowers themselves? That this was spotted at all is a tribute to the eagle eyes of Steve McIntyre. Yet I am told that he is a "˜denier', that all ...
