Controversy ensued, with the Virginia governor's office voicing its concern over
Michaels use of the title of «state climatologist.»
Not exact matches
CHARLOTTESVILLE — The governor's office has sent a letter to the University
of Virginia requesting that Patrick J.
Michaels not
use his
title of state climatologist when conducting his private consulting business.
Katherine K. Hanley, the secretary
of the commonwealth, wrote University
of Virginia President John T. Casteen III on Thursday, asking that
Michaels «avoid any conflict
of interest or appearance thereof by scrupulously avoiding the
use of the
title of state climatologist in con - nection with any outside activities or private consulting endeavors.»
In her letter, Hanley asked that
Michaels «avoid any conflict
of interest or appearance thereof by scrupulously avoiding the
use of the
title of state climatologist in connection with any outside activities or private consulting endeavors.»
«The governor's office has sent a letter to the University
of Virginia requesting that Patrick J.
Michaels not
use his
title of state climatologist when conducting his private consulting business.
A report by the Union
of Concerned Scientists
titled «Smoke, Mirrors and Hot Air: how ExxonMobil
uses big tobacco to manufacture uncertainty on climate science,» found that in the preceding years, Patrick
Michaels had been connected to at least 11 think - tanks and groups that had received money from ExxonMobil, many
of which had gone on to sow doubt about human - induced global warming.