Sunday Times retracts and apologizes for shameful and bogus Amazon story smearing IPCC - Exclusive comments from Prof. Simon Lewis whose official complaint led to this too-rare victory of science over disinformation

"I welcome the Sunday Times' apology for failing to accurately report my views and retract the Amazon story. As several experts told them – their story was baseless.  What I find shocking about this whole episode is that an article read out [loud:] and agreed with me was then switched at the last minute to one that fit with the Times' editorial line that the IPCC contained a number of serious mistakes, but actually ignored the scientific facts."

That is tropical forest researcher Simon Lewis...