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| 'New release' of climate emails | 'New release' of climate emails |
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| By Richard Black Environment correspondent, BBC News | By Richard Black Environment correspondent, BBC News |
| What appears to be a new batch of emails and other documents from the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit has been released. | What appears to be a new batch of emails and other documents from the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit has been released. |
| Contents include more than 5,000 emails and other documents, some relating to work with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). | Contents include more than 5,000 emails and other documents, some relating to work with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). |
| A similar release in 2009 triggered the "ClimateGate" affair and accusations of fraud that inquiries later dismissed. | A similar release in 2009 triggered the "ClimateGate" affair and accusations of fraud that inquiries later dismissed. |
| Now, as then, the release comes shortly before the annual UN climate summit. | Now, as then, the release comes shortly before the annual UN climate summit. |
| The university has yet to comment on the document cache, which is posted on a Russian server. | The university has yet to comment on the document cache, which is posted on a Russian server. |
| A text file included with the batch, apparently written by someone involved in the release and headed "FOIA 2011 - Background and Context", reads: "'One dollar can save a life' - the opposite must also be true."Poverty is a death sentence. Nations must invest $37 trillion in energy technologies by 2030 to stabilize greenhouse gas emissions at sustainable levels." | A text file included with the batch, apparently written by someone involved in the release and headed "FOIA 2011 - Background and Context", reads: "'One dollar can save a life' - the opposite must also be true."Poverty is a death sentence. Nations must invest $37 trillion in energy technologies by 2030 to stabilize greenhouse gas emissions at sustainable levels." |
| It then picks a number of phrases from the email batch, whose senders and recipients - if the batch is genuine - include UEA's Phil Jones and Michael Mann from Penn State University in the US. | It then picks a number of phrases from the email batch, whose senders and recipients - if the batch is genuine - include UEA's Phil Jones and Michael Mann from Penn State University in the US. |
| Reviews of "ClimateGate" in the UK, of the IPCC, and of Michael Mann's work by Penn State authorities, have all cleared scientists of fraud and malpractice, although recommendations were made on increasing openness. | Reviews of "ClimateGate" in the UK, of the IPCC, and of Michael Mann's work by Penn State authorities, have all cleared scientists of fraud and malpractice, although recommendations were made on increasing openness. |
| The writer of the "FOIA 2011" file claims to have 220,000 more emails, but says he/she will not be releasing them. | |
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