I am venturing a rare individual reflection here (BG):
Should those of us who claim to be scientists be associated with the ACCCE coalition (which includes Peabody, Arch, and Ameren)? They are citing fringe elements as scientists. One reviewer said this report would receive a low grade if it were a student paper. Citing authors who say that CO2 is not a greenhouse gas? Dear scientists, pro-coal and otherwise, of Wash. U.: would you subscribe to this knowledge? Embarrassing and scary. Are we an institution led by scientists....or madmen?
The ACCCE report: http://www.americaspower.org/sites/default/files/Social-Benefits-of-Carbon.pdf
The analysis of the report: http://www.desmogblog.com/2014/02/06/coal-industry-report-social-cost-carbon-relies-climate-science-denial
You decide.
