Former University of Virginia Environmental Sciences Prof. Michael Mann began legal procedures last Friday to intervene on the attempt of the American Tradition Institute to acquire documents of his research on global warming.
The move comes a week after the University submitted nearly 4,000 pages of Mann’s documents to ATI, which requested the information through the Freedom of Information Act. The University has withheld more than 5,000 pages of Mann’s documents and could release some of them to ATI in two weeks, according to ATI.
The University does not comment on pending litigation but will continue assessing which documents and correspondence are legally exempt through FOIA and providing all responsive, non-exempt records, University spokesperson Carol Wood said in an email.
Mann, who now teaches at Pennsylvania State University, is challenging a protective order which requires the University to disclose information relating to Mann’s research to ATI, a conservative think tank. The only people who would then be able to access the research would be ATI and the presiding judge, according to a press release by the Union of Concerned Scientists.
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