http://climateprogress.org/2010/03/18/exclusive-chief-sponsor-of-landmark-climate-manipulation-conference-maintains-close-financial-ties-to-controversial-geo-engineering-company/
A part that quotes me: -- *I have learned that the Asilomar geoengineering meeting is expected to play an important role in legitimizing and helping raise funds for Margaret Leinen’s Climate Response Fund.* *I have not seen any statement from Margaret Leinen or her Fund saying that the Fund will not support geoengineering field tests nor have I seen a statement saying that the Fund would not directly or indirectly transfer resources to for-profit companies like Climos.* *I am not comfortable with the the idea that a meeting set up to create guidelines governing geoengineering field tests might be used to help raise funds for geoengineering field tests, without the informed consent of meeting participants. I am also concerned with possible conflicts of interest related to the profit motive.* *Guidelines governing such tests should be developed as a product of an ongoing process involving established professional societies and organizations, established major non-profit institutions, intergovernmental institutions, or others who do not have an apparent stake in specific outcomes.* *Margaret Leinen can obviate my concerns by stating clearly (1) that the Fund will not support geoengineering field tests and (2) that the Fund would not directly or indirectly transfer resources to for-profit geoengineering companies like Climos (or other for-profit companies with significant financial participation by members of Margaret Leinen’s family). * *Without such statements, I cannot be confident that I am not being used without my consent for purposes of which I do not approve. Thus, I cannot attend the meeting.* --- I would like to point out that the Scientific Organizing Committee for the Asilomar meeting is a stellar collection of people whose integrity is beyond reproach. I have no issue with the Scientific Organizing Committee. I simply fear that they too are being used to advance the goals of Margaret Leinen and her Fund. I have no fundamental problem with what is expected to occur within the meeting proper. My problem lies with the apparent attempt of Margaret Leinen and her Fund to use the credibility of the attendees and organizers of this meeting to legitimize her Climate Response Fund and help raise money for poorly defined purposes. --- Best, Ken ___________________________________________________ Ken Caldeira Carnegie Institution Dept of Global Ecology 260 Panama Street, Stanford, CA 94305 USA [email protected] http://dge.stanford.edu/DGE/CIWDGE/labs/caldeiralab +1 650 704 7212; fax: +1 650 462 5968 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en.
