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9/1/13 3:20 PM Anonymous said… Apologies for being a bit off-topic, but since the New Year is often a time for catching up with the goings-on among friends like ol’ Bish, perhaps it’s worth an update on a certain Peter Wood, with whom John Mashey and other readers are familiar, whose ignorant and defamatory anti-science essays appeared at the blog Innovations , formerly hosted by the Chronicle of Higher Education.
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It was Dr. Monnett in the Email, Leaking to Rick Steiner and PEER Recently, a Shell drilling vessel, the Kulluk, broke free from it’s towing lines in a storm and ran aground. Personnel on the platform had to be rescued by the Coast Guard and there is now a major effort to refloat the Kulluk and ensure there is no secondary damage from oil leaks and such. Neven (who else) has a good summary of the situation and can be relied on to update as sensible.