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A new batch of emails purportedly stolen from the servers at the University of East Anglia were posted online Tuesday, echoing the 2009 data breach dubbed "Climategate" that turned the world's attention to the internal debates among scientists hoping to determine whether man's actions are warming the planet.
Excerpts from the emails posted on climate skeptic websites are certainly eye-opening:
<1939> Thorne/MetO: Observations do not show rising temperatures throughout the tropical troposphere unless you accept one single study and approach and discount a wealth of others. This is just downright dangerous. We need to communicate the uncertainty and be honest.
<3066> Thorne: I also think the science is being manipulated to put a political spin on it, which for all our sakes might not be too clever in the long run.
<4755> Overpeck: The trick may be to decide on the main message and use that to guid[e] what’s included and what is left out.
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Resources Boom Fuels Demand for Underground Labor, Spurs Skyrocketing Pay; a $1,200 Chihuahua
MANDURAH, Australia—One of the fastest-growing costs in the global mining industry are workers like James Dinnison: the 25-year-old high-school dropout from Western Australia makes $200,000 a year running drills in underground mines to extract gold and other minerals.
The heavily tattooed Mr. Dinnison, who started in the mines seven years ago earning $100,000, owns a sky-blue 2009 Chevy Ute, which cost $55,000 before a $16,000 engine enhancement, and a $44,000 custom motorcycle. The price tag on his chihuahua, Dexter, which yaps at his feet: $1,200.
James Dinnison, a 25-year-old high school dropout from Western Australia, makes $200,000 a year running drills in underground mines to extract gold and other minerals. Why is he paid so much? John Miller explains on Lunch Break.
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The Pocahontas Coal Association will hold its next regular meeting on Tuesday, November 29th, at 6 p.m. at the Princeton Elks Club. As is tradition during the Fall Meeting, the PCA and the Bluefield Daily Telegraph will be presenting the Boys High School Football Player of the Week awards, as well as the Player of the Year award.
For further information contact Jason Fannin at 276.623.2914 or 276.698.5317.
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The Governor’s Energy Summit, sponsored by the WV Governor’s Office and the WV Department of Commerce is a one-day conference, entitled West Virginia: Energy Powering Economic Development, will be held on Tuesday, December 6, beginning at 8:30 a.m. at the Stonewall Resort. It will feature presentations on energy independence and security, carbon challenges, alternative fuels, and coal and natural gas resources.
For registration purposes, an online link has been established at: www.energywv.com/energysummit.
This online link is for conference attendance only. Should you require lodging, please contact the Stonewall Resort directly at (304) 269-7400. A block of rooms is being held for the evening of December 5 for the “Governor’s Energy Summit” at a rate of $99/night. All reservations should be made no later than Saturday, November 19.
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The Board of Coal Mine Health & Safety promulgated a final rule pertaining to the use of High Voltage Face Equipment in conjunction with longwall mining. The administrative rule has been assigned Title 36, Series 47 and was filed with the Secretary of State and takes effect immediately. Final rules were also adopted for using high voltage in conjunction with continuous mining machines.
The Board also continued its consideration and deliberations of a proposed mandatory Drug Testing program. The drug testing program considered by the Board would basically:
- ·Requires all mining operations to have a mandatory drug testing program that would, at a minimum, ensure that all employees at the mine level would be tested on an annual basis;
- ·Requires the Director of the State Office of Miners’ Health, Safety & Training to suspend the WV certification of any miner whose miner’s certification issued from another state had been revoked for failing a drug test;
- ·Requires the Director to provide drug testing to any applicant for a miners “specialty” certification, i.e., fire boss, electrician, belt examiner, shot firer, etc.; and,
- ·Requires any prospective miner to have a drug test prior to the issuance of an apprentice miner’s certification.
C.A. Phillips, Director of the WV Office of Miners’ Health, Safety & Training was confirmed by the State Senate this week on a unanimous vote. Phillips was originally appointed to his position by Governor Manchin last year and reappointed by Governor Tomblin in October.
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