Climategate scientists are under congressional investigation in the wake of information gleaned from e-mails pirated from a global-warming research center in England.

The e-mails revealed evidence that scientists with the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) have been manipulating data to prove their theories of anthropogenic (man-made) global warming (AGW). Senator James Inhofe (R – Okla.) announced on November 24 that he will launch an investigation into the matter, sending letters to the scientists involved and to federal agencies warning them to "retain [related] documents."

"The stakes in this controversy are significant, as it appears that the basis of federal programs, pending EPA rulemakings, and cap-and-trade legislation was contrived and fabricated," Inhofe said in a press release. "Lawmakers have an obligation to determine the extent to which the so-called 'consensus' of global warming, formed with billions of taxpayer dollars, was contrived in the biased minds of the world's leading climate scientists." Senator Inhofe serves as ranking member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. For years he has fought climate change alarmists based on his belief that the threat of AGW is "the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people." Prior to the Climategate scandal, he recently released a committee report entitled More Than 700 International Scientists Dissent Over Man-Made Global Warming Claims – Scientists Continue to Debunk "Consensus" in 2008 & 2009.

Senator David Vitter (R-La.) is another outspoken critic of AGW research and its effect on cap-and-trade legislation. Vitter's legislative staffer for environmental issues, Bryan Zumwalt, reportedly sent an e-mail on November 23 in which he called Climategate "the greatest act of scientific fraud in history." Zumwalt lamented over the large amount of grant money received through the years by the researchers involved in the scandal and their fraudulent influence on U.S. climate policy. "The e-mails and other released data also appear to implicate professors at some of the U.S.'s premier universities in a coordinated effort to achieve the IPCC agenda as well as to garner government grants."

On the House side, U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), ranking member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, said investigators are studying the Climategate documents with particular attention to those involving White House Science Adviser John Holdren, as reported by The Wall Street Journal. Holdren participated in some of the e-mails and has based many of his policy-making decisions on research published by his fellow IPCC scientists implicated in the scandal.

Skeptics are not the only Climategate critics. George Monbiot, a leading AGW proponent, is calling for the resignation of one of the scientists at the center of the controversial e-mails, Phil Jones. Jones’ research has greatly influenced recent IPCC reports upon which much climate change legislation is based, including the cap-and-trade bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives in June and another measure now before the Senate. Writing for The Guardian, Monbiot calls Climategate a "major blow" and admits the situation could "scarcely be more damaging" to environmentalists' agenda. Monbiot also points out, despite the major media's downplaying the situation, "pretending the climate email leak isn't a crisis won't make it go away."

Photo: Senator James Inholfe

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Mikey Pinkie-Rings said:

Here comes a real debate For years, we have heard the AGW theory supporters claim that the debate was over. Now, we are going to witness the beginning of that debate. I hope it becomes obvious that AGW is just hot air. A real debate would demonstrate that.

November 27, 2009

NucEngineer said:

1984 ? And Winston looked at the sheet handed him: “Adjustments instrument record prior to 1972 shall be -0.2 degrees and after 1998 shall be +0.3 degrees.” Winston wondered at the adjustment to the data. At this point, no one even knows if the data, prior to his adjustments, was raw data or already adjusted one or more times previously. It didn’t matter. All Winston was sure of is that one of the lead climatologists needed more slope to match his computer model outputs. He punched out the new Fortran cards and then dropped the old cards into the Memory Hole where they were burned. “There!” Winston exclaimed to himself. “Now the temperature data record is correct again; all is double-plus good.”

November 27, 2009

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Read It! said:

Read It! If you want to know why the lies about global warming, read the verbiage of the Copenhagen Agreement. Just another money/power grab, but this time on a huge scale.

November 27, 2009

NucEngineer said:

... Anon said: Climategate The whole "gate" thing became overused years ago. Wonder how long "journalists" looking for a grabby headline will keep adding it to things. Actually, the "gate" thing was started by the bloggers at www.wattsupwiththat.com which has turned out to be the definitive source for following this story. Please note that Anthony Watts's website won the science blog of the year last year.

November 27, 2009

Alan D. Smith said:

Do SUV's Exhaust Affect Mars' Climate? It is an established fact that all the planets in our solar system, along with the Sun, are heating up. Cap & Trade and the upcoming Copenhagen Treaty are supposedly a means to unify global standard of living, as prescribed by the New World Order pundits. They want to reduce the standard of living in the US by penalizing us for our aleged destruction of the atmosphere. But, this transfer of (US) wealth will go to the banks: not to the underdeveloped nations. The banksters and bleedership are humanity's only enemies.

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Jay said:

Ding dong the witch is dead the witch is dead.. No way these con men will be able to bring tainted evidence onto the senate floor.. This is the begining of the greatest scandal to ever hit the fan. I can hear the delete button and the paper shredders all the way up in Canada. This isnt about saving Climate Change anymore its about saving your own rear end. They will sing about their moral duty to commit fraud. The rush is on for who can save their rear ends by being a state witness. Cue Bing.. its begining to look alot like xmas

November 27, 2009

Emails were taken out of context... nothing to see here, move alongthe, Lowly rated comment [Show]

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Jay said:

Ok this is simply step one.. Remember there is alot of money and power at stake here.. Dont take your eye off them for a second.. Hold their feet to the fire and lets do the best we can to get to the bottom of this sleasebag scandal.. Dare I say.. Our childrens future are at stake..

November 27, 2009

Alexander Goristal said:

Hopefully... ...this will be a _real_ investigation, not a whitewash intended only to pacify a voting bloc and give added ammunition to the lamestream media's pathetic attempt to portray the release of the UEA CRU emails and the programmer's diary as an event of no importance (nothing to see here, move along). Given that virtually all politicians (regardless of party are ignorant, spineless, unprincipled, scum-sucking parasites, I am not overly optimistic... -AleG

November 27, 2009

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Innocentious said:

Email Context lmktacwa Actually the emails point to a real problem that skeptical scientists have been running into for a long time which is every time that one of them tries to fact check the data ( you know review it ) they were stone walled. What it really shows is a bias against anyone who did not already agree with the conclusion getting left out of the scientific community. Also it was not only the emails that were released but DATA AND CODE!!!! Being a computer programmer I was particularly interested in the code and it is bad... I mean fudge factor galore there based on what I can see they were doing to the data. You seem to actually be part of the religious movement rather then those that question. You see I am willing to admit that the kind of global warming that these 'scientists', and I unfortunately have to use that word in quotes now for these people, espouse may be occurring. However all the evidence that others have presented ( besides them ) actually points to many other factors then CO2 all of which seem to have validity. Not only that but those that have presented these opinions ( based on data and science ) have made their data readily available to those who would critique it. This is VERY different then the attitude of the scientists in these series of emails... Also based on your flippant way you discussed this I know you have not read or dissected these emails. If you had and say this had been a business about financial's, or a drug company about a drug they would be in a whole lot of trouble. You however seem bent on denial ( which is what religious zealots do when faced with a fact they cannot refute ). Just trying to explain the non issue that you seem to feel this is in terms that those who do not understand what is going on and see an ignorant statement like that and MAY believe you actually know what you are talking about.

November 27, 2009

JD 4 NEW said:

"Told with Phrases" A few emails and the whole idea is to be thrown out. "Stop!!, the baby is in the bathwater." Personally, I believe the CO2 thing is over played ($$$$), I'm not a Cap and Trade guy, especially not during this economy. With good land management, healthy forests and clean oceans, CO2 will be naturally reclaimed, protect those aspects. However, Keep on cutting, making waste, polluting waters and oceans; we could all stop making CO2 and it won't make a difference. The mechanisms for natural capture and process of CO2 will be broken. Look at protecting those mechanisms first, then when times are better aim for the more expensive restrictions. Till then push the clean energies, so when things get better we are in a better position to make/force the switch. So attack the waste: wasted energy, wasted resources, Waste in general and you will see a brighter future. Political parties are becoming a religion: remember your party is not the deciding factor, you are.

November 27, 2009

Vince Virgilio said:

... @Michael Rivers: What if you were out hunting this fine autumn and carefully shot at an orange cap in the distance? Yet, unknown to you, the hat was simply stuck atop a bush, with no one under it? Then, notwithstanding your precise aim, you'd be a confirmed hazard, veritably untrustworthy for the duration, and guilty as sin. If we are to take these IPCC scientists as adults (and that may be a stretch), this is exactly what they did to the scientific enterprise. Vince Virgilio

November 27, 2009

Snerdguy said:

... The fudged report is just more evidence of the overall mess in the United States government. Waste and corruption is rampant in our government. There is no real oversite because the corrupt government oversees itself. You don't have to believe a word from our leaders.(Which is advisable.) If people will step back and look at our planet as a whole, they can see that it is an extremely complex organism. As with our bodies, if enough pollution is introduced, there could be dire conseqences. We have to take care of our environment because we have no where else to live. Even if global warming is a natural occurence, it will affect us. If we don't take reaonable actions now to stop polluting, we may eventually have to do things that are drastic and very uncomfortable.

November 27, 2009

Bonnie said:

Stop Copenhagen One would hope that a visit to Copenhagen by Obama would be placed ON HOLD by Congress, forbidding ANYONE signing ANYTHING until investigations have been completed.

November 27, 2009

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Erasmussimo said:

Follow the trail I suggest that readers here actually follow the trail of evidence and read the column by George Monbiot that is linked to in the final paragraph of this news item. You will find it surprising.

November 27, 2009

andy loggin said:

The bigger the lie the more people will believe it.

November 27, 2009

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mark said:

The debate is over Hey Al Gore, the debate is over. You and your band of criminals have been operating a worldwide ponzi scheme financed by taxpayer bonds, grants, and rent seeking legislation. Let the criminal investigations begin......Bernie Madoff will appreciate your company in federal prison. http://co2deficiency.blogspot.com/

November 27, 2009 | url

Michael Suede said:

Hacked Climate Model Source Code Explained The actual hacked CRU climate model source code explained by a software developer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp4sMasX-_8 This is better than the emails, trust me.

November 27, 2009 | url

doctordrewl said:

... There is junk science everywhere...and because most people are so brainwashed, it's hard for anyone (scientifically literate, or not) to spot it. Here's a few more examples...in case you think Climategate is NOT just the tip of the iceberg. Check out the facts concering the safety of fluoride in the water supply, its history and who profits; Check out the connection between mercury (thimerisol) and adjuvents in vaccines and increases in autism, food allergies, brain disorders, and obesity. Check out the origin/escape of the H1N1 virus and the weaponized anthax used in 2001. Find out about the weather modification, chemtrails, and the history of biological weapons testing and the Tuskegee syphilis experiment. Check out Nixon's Special Cancer Virus program, the Bayer HIV cover-up,and Merck Scientists admitting they may have spread the HIV virus. Check out the links between SSRI drugs and suicide, depression, mass shootings, and the links between government mind control projects (MK-Ultra) and many iconic assassins/patsies. Check out the history and problems associated with artificial sweeteners (aspartame) additives/fillers (MSG), genetically modified foods, and other toxic waste that has silently overtaken the global food supply...because all skeptics were squashed or laughed at. Check out the lead in the toys, toxic dry-wall, carcinogenic plastics, mercury in the corn syrup, on..and on...Check out The Codex Alimentarius Commission created by the WHO which is all set to enforce new global food standards, and check out how they feel about vitamins...do all that and then tell those of us who are concerned that me we shouldn't be rethinking some of this stuff. alaskan1st really needs to look into the Hegelian dialectic...

November 27, 2009 | url

Dave said:

... "The actual hacked CRU climate model source code explained by a software developer" I looked at this youtube thing. The guy doesn't give any indication of his qualifications, and reads a few lines from some (unknown code) and uses nothing but weasel words and opinions and goes on a rant about fraud and lies, but shows no facts whatsoever. The guy's website, fascistsoup.com/ was created Oct 2009 and is listed as owned by "United Fascist Auto Union of Amerika". Right wing nuts for sure.

November 27, 2009

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Flu-Bird said:

Green dirty work Looks like the IPCC has been cuaght with its hands in the cookiejar trying for forge data to support their dirty work so meaning the whole green movment is based on lies,fruad,decite and hoax Just like banning DDT its all for the benafit of BIG BROTHER,WORLD GOVERMENT and the sinister UN

November 28, 2009

John A. Jauregui said:

Stop Bitching, Take Responsibility, and Take Action Stop all donations to the political party(s) responsible for this fraud. Stop donations to all environmental groups which funded this Global Warming propaganda campaign with our money, especially The Environmental Defense Fund. Write your state and federal representatives demanding wall to wall investigations of government sponsored funding and coordination of this and related propaganda campaigns and demand indictments of those responsible. Write your state and federal Attorneys General demanding Al Gore and others conducting Global Warming/Climate Change racketeering and mail fraud operations be brought to justice, indicted, tried and jailed.

November 28, 2009

VforVendetta said:

... Climate Research Unit hacked - download files HERE: Download and read for yourself! Original ZIP version HERE (~62MB) http://rapidshare.com/files/309803421/FOI2009.zip Original files using RAR (higher compression, ~50MB) http://rapidshare.com/files/309807184/FOI2009.rar

November 28, 2009

dmatt said:

I think we know where the investigation will end up The democrats in congress aren't going to let their religion fail this easily. It seems like you guys are giddy that this is almost over. Since it is a religion, it is going to take a lot more than this to kill it.

November 28, 2009 | url

jbs-believer said:

Junk Science To summarize a quote from Rush Limbaugh: Let the doctors take care of medicine and let God take care of the climate. How some people could actually fall victim to this complete fairy tale is beyond me. We can't even accurately forecast next week's weather yet we are to believe we can predict rising oceans, polar bear extinction and catastrophic events to occur on a global scale simply because we exhale CO2, an essential element to maintain life itself? And yet these same kooks believe we can sign a treaty, pass a law, tax us into oblivion and go back to living a 19th century life style and this will save the planet? Give me a break! Global Warming/Climate Change is something more likely found in the pages of a Gene Roddenberry script, .... and low and behold, this is exactly what we've found. After all the dust settles from this Global Hoax investigation, I want to see Al Gore sitting in a jail cell.

November 28, 2009

algour said:

... Will everyone clamoring for an investigation before our gathering in Copenhagen please calm down. The MSM is on notice not to rock the boat by reporting on the IPCC (In-the-bag Panel for Climate Control). This just can't be postponed. It's about redistributing wealth among countries and into the pockets of a select few Co2 czars. Oh, I know it appears now that there is much uncertainty into man’s contribution to climate change now that the CRU research has been uncloaked. What is certain by my calculations is that billions of $$$$ will change hands and a fortunate few will become instantly wealthy beyond imagining if this can be rammed down everyone’s throat before real investigations are made into the CRU allegations. Since Phil & I are a couple of the lucky ones who orchestrated, er, organized this charade, er conference, please STFU until after Copenhagen. Sincerely, algour

November 29, 2009

Anti Liberal said:

Disband the U.N. It's time to disband the irrelevant U.N.!!! They're nothing but a bunch of money / power grabbing socialist / communist thugs. The world would not only save billions (or trillions?) of dollars but the liberty and freedom of billions of people would at much less risk.

November 30, 2009

Michael G said:

... CIA funding from Afghanistan poppy seed. 911 implosions to change civil laws and start oil wars. Fluoride in your water to pacify you and dumb you down, calcify your pineal gland. Artificial economy collapse to centralize the global banking system. Global warming tax on the world's population. Global food and water shortage on the way. We have the technology to put an unmanned aircraft up for days and drop a missile into your car, but can't burn the poppy seed fields of Afghanistan farmers. Wake up people, open your eyes. Educate yourselves through the Internet, and not thru mainstream media. There is a change comming, and it will be a fight for our survival. http://www.youtube.com/user/service2others

December 01, 2009

John at Mossy said:

Surfer, diver, ocean lover, bush walker Geologist guy Apparently 'Climategate' is a complete failure... - there got your attention! ....failure to capture the vintage, mainstream media. There's about 28 million entries for climategate on Google and practically no mention of climategate by the mainstream media behemoths. Have they been bought by the likes of Shell who want to trade CARBON DERIVATIVES - mortgage derivatives brought the GFC!!! SO YEAH, FOLLOW THE MONEY!!!!! Maybe this is a time for the independent media to bring down the Orwelian PA system. Get some talented hackers to drop the real stories into the front pages becasue the man on the street will be really, really pissed when he finds out he's been hoaxed. I dream of manbearpig having to hand back his prizes and oscars and having to pay to reinform the world. I dream of visitng the list of Nobel Prizes and seeing the one that was awarded to fat Al (withdrawn). I can think of no better punishment than global embarrasment for the rest of his life. Oh, and don't feed him steak while he's in jail, and don't give him lights or heating or AC. Holy cow I am feeling so VINDICATED!!! Maybe my older sister will talk to me again, one day.

December 03, 2009

Bill Brewer said:

Lock them all up Criminals - the lot of them. They want control over you and your money. They will not stop their agenda and will try to distract you from the the facts by marching on to the tunes of: "Stolen emails", "Hacked server", and "Out of context". Folks... either 2 plus 2 equals 4 or it doesn't. To state otherwise - is pure stupidity. These people's actions - to any reasonable man (who knows basic math) - are corrupt and malicious of intent. Each and every conspirator should pay.

December 06, 2009

Bill Brewer said:

... "Make it show that 1972 was -0.2 degrees and after 1998 it warmed to +0.3 degrees. This fits the model in a better way. That will match what we published before so that the others have less to question" STOP THE STUPIDITY!

December 06, 2009

Bill Brewer said:

... STOP THE STUPIDITY! WE NEED COMMON MEN TO REPRESENT US - and PUBLIC SERVICE LIMITS ON ALL PUBLIC OFFICES - NO LIFETIME "REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE"...no "professional politicians" ...GET A FREAKING REAL JOB! ARE YOU A MILLIONAIRE? The VAST majority of those that "represent you" are! Why vote for one of these people that do not have your interests?

December 06, 2009

BerkeleyHume said:

Orwellian broken science The US dropped out of the League of Nations, now we should drop out of the United Nations. We are better working to serve world humanity while looking out for our interests alone because organizations such as the United Nations are fixed on their own world views which do not align with US world views. Orwellian group think, black is white, point of view or belief is proof so long as it furthers your objective. Rhetoric prevails over logic and syllogism.

December 17, 2009