I was reading a Mark Steyn column on the subject of climate change when he offered this little gem.

"Nor are we allowed to make jokes about Rajendra Pachauri. I always love those experts who go on TV and say you can't pronounce on this subject unless you're a bona fide climatologist. Dr. Pachauri, the head honcho of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, is a graduate of the Indian Railways Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering. He's not a climatologist but a railroad engineer. So, if he ever avails himself of a free half-hour with a Copenhagen hooker, I'm sure, like the Bombay to Cochin express, he'll pull out on time. But it's hard to see why he should be presiding over a multi-trillion-dollar shakedown of the global economy. For one thing, Dr. Pachauri has one of the largest carbon footprints on the planet. He's in favour of "hefty aviation taxes" to "deter people from flying," but fortunately once you're part of the transnational jet set nothing can deter you. He flew 443,243 miles on "IPCC business" in the year-and-a-half run-up to Copenhagen. I'm not sure whether that includes his two weekend round trips from New York to Delhi, once for a cricket practice, once for a match."

http://www.steynonline.com/6826/fake-nob...-sex-arrest-for

Pachauri is now facing some other problems.

"The leader of the U.N.'s expert panel on climate change stepped down on Tuesday amid an investigation into a colleague's allegations of sexual harassment.

Rajendra K. Pachauri, 75, an Indian citizen, had chaired the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change since 2002 and accepted the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize on its behalf.

The IPCC "needs strong leadership and dedication of time and full attention by the chair in the immediate future, which under the current circumstances I may be unable to provide," Pachauri wrote in a letter to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

He did not elaborate, but pointed to his withdrawal from a meeting in Nairobi this week to attend to what the IPCC called "issues demanding his attention in India."

Pachauri is being investigated in India after a 29-year-old woman accused him of sexually harassing her while they worked together at the New Delhi lobbying and research organization he heads, The Energy Resources Institute.

A police report said the woman gave police dozens of text messages and emails that she alleged had been sent by Pachauri. A Delhi court on Monday ordered Pachauri to cooperate in the investigation.

Pachauri denies the allegations and has said he is "committed to provide all assistance and cooperation to the authorities."

Police said they would question a second woman who also accused Pachauri of sexual harassment but had not filed a police report."

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/4443e24ca...harassment-case