From The New York Times:
Hacked E-Mail Data Prompts Calls for Changes in Climate ResearchSome prominent climate scientists are calling for changes in the way research on global warming is conducted after a British university said thousands of private e-mail messages and documents had been stolen from its climate center.
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JOHN CRONIN: In his column in the Guardian, George Monbiot says of the climate change "deniers," "(their) campaign of lies, grotesque as it is, does not justify secrecy and suppression on the part of climate scientists. Far from it: it means that they must distinguish themselves from their opponents in every way."
This is correct thinking (Monbiot's error in grammatical agreement notwithstanding). I am reminded of a scandal that erupted in the PCB issue on the Hudson. GE scientists questioned the veracity of the research of a respected NYS Health Dept. scientist whose work supported the case for dredging. Immediately, environmentalists, union reps, and others came to the Health researcher's defense publicly. The essence of the environmental argument was that any critique coming from GE was automatically suspect to the point of complete invalidity.
















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