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Scientists Protest University Appeasement Of Climate Deniers | The Union of Concerned Scientists, American Association of University Professors, American Geophysical Union, and Climate Science Watch have sent a letter to the University of Virginia protesting an agreement the school made with the right-wing American Tradition Institute to assist its persecution of climate scientist Michael Mann. In the May 24 agreement, UVA gave ATI “needless access” to personal email correspondence and other documents from Dr. Michael Mann and more than thirty other scientists. “We find it troubling that the agreement would allow ATI lawyers, including the very individuals who filed the open records request, to review all documents in the university’s possession, including material which will ultimately be exempt from disclosure.”