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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.
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I also received this in the mail, and since the publication had no
indication of any journal I pretty much assumed it was bogus and tossed it.
Somehow the "Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine" reminded me of the
creation science institutes.  I assume that if this really exists, it's
some sort of similar institute with no credentials or standing in the
scientific community.  Maybe I'm wrong, but the whole thing smelled fishy.



Liane Cochran-Stafira, Ph.D.
Dept. of Ecology and Evolution
The University of Chicago
1101 East 57th Street
Chicago, Illinois 60637-5415
phone:  773-702-1214
fax:         773-702-9740
e-mail:  lcochran@midway.uchicago.edu