Jagadish Shukla may be regretting he ever signed a controversial letter to President Obama. The climate scientist at George Mason University made headlines when he was the lead signatory on a letter to Obama, Attorney General Loretta Lynch and the head of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy “strongly” supporting using federal racketeering laws to investigate those in the private or public sector who work with the fossil fuel industry to “undermine climate science.” The letter, also signed by 19 others, created an uproar, with accusations that the authors were hoping to criminalize those who question how much humans contribute to climate change.
The letter prompted critics to look into the finances of the Institute of Global Environment and Society, one of the organizations Shukla heads at George Mason. They charged the decorated Shukla with fiscal funny business, including potential double-dipping……“IGES appears to be almost fully funded by taxpayer money while simultaneously participating in partisan political activity by requesting a RICO investigation of companies and organizations that disagree with the Obama administration on climate change,” …..To Read More…..
My Take – As I’ve said in the past – I’m in complete
favor of a RICO investigation. As long
as it includes all those involved in climate change, both promoters and skeptics. Appoint two special prosecutors - totally independent
of the DOJ - let one investigate the skeptics and one investigate the
warmers, including government employees.
Then let’s take a look at where the fraud lies. And if there's fraud....then let's see them prosecuted!
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