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The other day, someone posted a query about a paper titled "Environmental =
Effects of Increased Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide" which presents evidence =
that global warming is not happening, and that increased atmospheric CO2 =
is environmentally beneficial.
  That paper has just arrived in my snail mail. It looks like a reprint =
from a journal, and has a publication date of "January 1998." There is no =
indication of journal title, volume, or number. Page numbers run from 1 to =
8. Nowhere in the accompanying materials is there a claim that this paper =
was published in any journal.
  In the envelope with it was a reprint from the Wall Street Journal (4 =
Dec  97) of an article titled "Science Has Spoken: Global Warming Is a =
Myth" by two of the same authors.=20
  Also in the envelope was a petition to "the United States government" to =
reject the Kyoto agreement, along with a return envelope addressed to =
Petition Project in La Jolla, CA.
  Two authors' affiliation is listed as Oregon Institute of Science and =
Medicine in Cave Junction , OR. I teach at Southern Oregon University in =
Ashland, not far away, and I had never before heard of that institute. As =
far as I know, it's not a part of the Oregon University System. The other =
two authors' affiliation is given as the George C. Marshall Institute in =
Washington, DC.
  I have not read the paper, and I pass no judgement on the validity of =
the argument or the evidence presented there.
Charles Welden
Department of Biology
Southern Oregon University
Ashland, OR
welden@sou.edu