Global warming alarmists claim vindication after last year’s data manipulation scandal. Don’t believe the ‘independent’ reviews.
The Wallstreet Journal – JULY 12, 2010
Last November there was a world-wide outcry when a trove of emails were released suggesting some of the world’s leading climate scientists engaged in professional misconduct, data manipulation and jiggering of both the scientific literature and climatic data to paint what scientist Keith Briffa called “a nice, tidy story” of climate history. The scandal became known as Climategate.
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CNN – July 7, 2010
Climate change scientists have been cleared of any wrong-doing after a seven month investigation unveiled that professor Phil Jones did not fudge data to try to silence skeptics. Muir Russell, who led the investigation, found that scientists at the climatic research unit at the University of East Anglia did not do anything to change or alter critical data and they still produced work in a “rigorous and honest” way. Read the rest of this entry »
Britain’s Climate Research Unit, University of East Anglia, suffered a data breach in recent days when a hacker apparently broke into their system and made away with thousands of emails and documents. The stolen data was then posted to a Russian server and has quickly made the rounds among climate skeptics. Read the rest of this entry »
U.S. President Barack Obama will go to Copenhagen for a U.N. climate change meeting on December 9, hoping to add momentum to an international process despite slow progress on a domestic bill to cut carbon emissions.
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On Thursday, November 5th, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee approved a climate change bill crafted by Senators Barbara Boxer and John Kerry. Republicans boycotted the committee and did not participate in the vote. However, the bill is already being upstaged by a more conservative alternative coordinated by Mr. Kerry; Sen. Joe Lieberman, Connecticut independent; and Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican.
A recent study by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press revealed a trend of skepticism among Americans towards global warming. Only 36% of Americans believe that global warming is man-made and 33% say there is no solid evidence towards global warming. Read the rest of this entry »
Al Gore, former Vice-President of the United States and creator of the movie, ”An Inconvenient Truth” is a central figure in the global warming debate. While he claimed in his movie that science is in agreement of man-made global warming, many scientists actually debate the validity of his claims. Read the rest of this entry »
Leighton Steward, a scientist who used to back the man-made global warming theory is on Capitol Hill this week to convince lawmakers that global warming is more related to solar activity and that cutting CO2 levels in our atmosphere could actually have a negative effect on our planet. Read the rest of this entry »
European Union Finance ministers met on Friday, October 2nd, to discuss implementing carbon taxes in order to combat climate change. The carbon tax would most likely be applied to transport, agriculture, forestry, households along with other sectors that were unnamed.
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