date: Mon Apr 28 15:03:41 2003 from: Mike Hulme subject: Re: CR plus a fax to: Phil Jones Thanks Phil. After my one email about possible resignations from CR a whole flood of emails seems to have been released. I will wait to see what happens re. Hans and Clare, and will just let my fellow review editors know the score. I might independently write to the publishers voicing my own concern about losing faith in the peer review process in CR. As an ex-Editor of CR I perhaps also carry some weight with them. Mike At 10:17 28/04/2003 +0100, you wrote: Mike, I've just talked to Clare about discussions I had with Hans last week in the US. I think he is now convinced about de Freitas and is drafting a letter with Clare to go to the publishers and to de Freitas. Basically trying to get the reviewer's names etc and their reports in the first instance, with maybe sending some of the background emails to the publishers. Also assessing copyright as the 'other' Soon/Baliunas paper in Energy and Env. is essentially the same as that in CR. Hans wanted to try this first, but didn't want to tell all what he was doing. Fears a backlash if de Freitas gets removed without due cause. So let's all try and keep the emails down, and hope we can report something to all once the correspondence Hans initiates gets replies. Cheers Phil PS There is a fax for you in CRU - Julie is away at the moment - from an Energy group. Fax is an article in the Washington Times by Pat Michaels saying that to get Blair's support on Iraq the price was Kyoto ! Goes on to say that all UK climatologists are spineless for not going against the UK Govt ! The person who sent it would like you to reply - I would check this with DEFRA first. Sorry for reading your fax - I was in early and trying to sort out one of mine and yours was more interesting ! Prof. Phil Jones Climatic Research Unit Telephone +44 (0) 1603 592090 School of Environmental Sciences Fax +44 (0) 1603 507784 University of East Anglia Norwich Email p.jones@uea.ac.uk NR4 7TJ UK ----------------------------------------------------------------------------