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I have the article by Altimonti, et al. and have read parts of it, and will reference it in my next climate-related talk "How Analytical Chemistry provides new Knowledge about the Earth's Climate, Past and Present ..." I do not have any serious questions about the contents of the article. There are good references for the authors' conclusions in each section of the article.

I read the article in the Guardian. It cites Michael Mann and three scientists who are involved in some aspect of climate. Their brief comments do not include quotations of any specific paragraphs or sections in the Altimonti article, but just make general points.

The author of the article, Graham Readfearn, has no degree in science and very little connection to science in his career. Here are some excerpts from his website https://www.readfearn.com/about/

"Born in Burnley in England’s east Lancashire region, he took a decisive career choice in 1994 when he gave up a job with a national pub chain for a new life as a journalist.

"After gaining work experience at the tiny Todmorden News (first assignment chasing an escaped heifer through the town centre), he was awarded a scholarship by a newspaper group to study journalism."

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"After a career-break to travel the world – visiting Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Uruguay, Argentina and Brazil – he returned to the UK as a freelance feature writer covering social affairs, youth issues and sustainability for national magazines and newspapers.

"He immigrated to Brisbane in 2005 with his wife and young son and started writing for The Courier-Mail’s features sections."

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"Since then, his work has been featured in many publications, including ABC Environment, Green Lifestyle magazine, The Drum, ECOS, bmag, Independent Australia, Crikey and The Guardian.

"He reported from the United Nations climate talks in Warsaw in 2013, Lima in 2014 and the landmark 2015 negotiations in Paris.

"He writes at DeSmogBlog, on his The Guardian Planet Oz blog and tweets @readfearn."

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