19.01.2011 | permalink
The updated report has been tidied up. There are references and a list of those who attended the June 1, 2010, meeting, the only one held to discuss this important issue. [...] Far from having redeemed themselves, the academies appear in even poorer light because the report is rife with ”sweeping, unsubstantiated and superficial statements” according to many of the scientists that Down To Earth spoke to. Some described the new report as ”juvenile and trivial”.