Pat Michaels reveals

From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, via Deltoid:

[Pat] Michaels withdrew as an expert witness in a recently decided landmark court case in which automakers sought to turn back state efforts to rein in cars' production of greenhouse gasses. Michaels said he would testify only if his funders' identities could be kept secret, court documents show.

That pretty much tells you all you need to know, doesn't it?