That won't stop members of Congress from quoting his words when the Endangered Species Act comes up for renewal. Inhofe and his colleagues will have a good time with it.
________________________________ From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news <ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU> on behalf of Erik Hoffner <erik.hoff...@gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, December 2, 2017 5:28:36 PM To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] author retracts WaPo letter Re: extinction Right, Ian, that was my word, but the point is that the writer doesn't stand by what his name is on, anymore. Erik -- See my latest writing and photojournalism projects here<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.erikhoffner.com%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cjweis%40newark.rutgers.edu%7C7edae28c8e3f4174a7f908d539c7ad1b%7Cb92d2b234d35447093ff69aca6632ffe%7C1%7C0%7C636478452125276647&sdata=Oj08babO8DWkFIAjJ2Od%2FB3bd9qbuyRw%2B%2BxUL4aEZgg%3D&reserved=0> tw: @erikhoffner<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FErikHoffner&data=02%7C01%7Cjweis%40newark.rutgers.edu%7C7edae28c8e3f4174a7f908d539c7ad1b%7Cb92d2b234d35447093ff69aca6632ffe%7C1%7C0%7C636478452125276647&sdata=C6ISsaCnUoQ4%2BiDbp%2BsSfx%2Fdz1c8YPnyPMfDyycmeB4%3D&reserved=0> On Sat, Dec 2, 2017 at 2:18 PM, Ian Medeiros <imedei...@coa.edu<mailto:imedei...@coa.edu>> wrote: Erik, I don't see the word "retract" anywhere in Pyron's statement. (Nor "withdraw," "repudiate," etc.) Furthermore, I find it hard to square "the headlines inserted for the piece for publication said ... that 'we should only worry about preserving biodiversity when it helps us.' I did not write these words" (statement on lab website) with "Conservation is needed for ourselves and only ourselves" (original article). Ian On Sat, Dec 2, 2017 at 11:50 AM, Erik Hoffner <erik.hoff...@gmail.com<mailto:erik.hoff...@gmail.com>> wrote: Thought folks would like to see that the author of that letter has explained himself and admitted he needed to run it by his colleagues before publishing, blamed WaPo, too, for the heated headline, see here: http://colubroid.org/<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcolubroid.org%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cjweis%40newark.rutgers.edu%7C7edae28c8e3f4174a7f908d539c7ad1b%7Cb92d2b234d35447093ff69aca6632ffe%7C1%7C0%7C636478452125276647&sdata=f6S9S7ng56H6eVPbmxiUaK%2F0SLdn4EzBRlYBZai23dc%3D&reserved=0> Did this group's letter, below, get printed? 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Someone accidentaly deleted the original file, and the best solution we found was to create a new one. If possible, this is the only link that should appear on ecolog: https://goo.gl/E1i83Z<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgoo.gl%2FE1i83Z&data=02%7C01%7Cjweis%40newark.rutgers.edu%7C7edae28c8e3f4174a7f908d539c7ad1b%7Cb92d2b234d35447093ff69aca6632ffe%7C1%7C0%7C636478452125276647&sdata=ZFd%2FhxPdMkjBax9M4BvHmyLppZPguJnanSRqDxC4Lv4%3D&reserved=0> No information has been lost, it’s just annoying for people to need to write to me asking for the right link. Thanks a lot for your help, and best wishes!! 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