I must be getting old (or more likely there are now too many) because I’m starting to forget all the various climate scandals that are current – so here’s a quick rundown (As I remember them):
- RICOgate – attempts to silence sceptics using “lawfair” and smear tactics – now linked to Sen. Whitehouse
- #NOAAgate (aka Pausebuster study) – the refusal to comply with congressional subpoena from – ongoing and likely to hit the news WUWT
- #NASAgate – the warming adjustments to their temps now showing to be “massively altered” by German professor
- Yeo’s apparent perjury in his libel case where the judge described his evidence as “implausible”, “unreliable”, “not honest”,”dishonest”, “untruthful”, “untrue” and “unworthy of belief”. Bishop Hill
- Stern’s “Economy with the truth” whereby he was shown to have lied in a letter to the FT
- Mann on trial for libel against Steyn – Mann is attempting to delay – but it just looks worse for him the longer he keeps it going.
- Shukla’s Gold (a part of RICOgate) – lawsuit filed – original Climate Audit
- Scandal at the UK supreme court (failed to comply with FOI law regarding political bias on the issue of climate) more
- Arctic sea ice false claims (Another Milestone Of Failure By Climate Experts)
- The ongoing stupidity of Charlie and the impossibility of him being a constitutional monarch when he cannot stop being involved in eco-politics and makes provably false claims linking Syrian terrrorism to Climate.
- The likely power cuts in UK (coming soon)
- The ridiculous accusations against Exxon (all big oil profit from the scam – perhaps Exxon are the least corrupt – which may be why they are being picked out?)
- The BBC are legally obliged to be impartial. They interpret that as “impartial between those we like and damn the rest”. As a result BBC bias on the climate is so rampant, that they libel sceptics, falsify their reporting on climate and generally act like a pseudo political party denying access to any who don’t toe the line. It’s as easy to find a reasonable summary of the science supporting us sceptics on BBC output as it is to find a summary of reasons to sell off the BBC. See Tallbloke
- 28gate, was a meeting of 28 eco-political activists (including one from China) held by the BBC in order to decide how to exclude sceptics. It was and remains illegal. Delingpole
- The corruption & conspiracy to pervert justice of the Climategate inquiries. At least one criminal act was committed by the University of East Anglia in the climategate scandal. That crime has never been prosecuted, nor was the conspiracy to commit that crime. Furthermore, there was then a conspiracy to cover up that crime by those in the establishment. Arguably, this is the most serious scandal of all – because those who committed this crime, were very highly placed, the act was a conspiracy and it was done with the intention of perverting justice. (see The Climategate Inquiries)
Changes
- Added, climategate, 28gate and BBC unlawful bias. Added “RICOgate” which broader than Shukla – and now is linked to Sen.Whitehouse
- I’ve reordered (roughly) to make those with most recent coverage at the top
Re Climategate: ‘At least one criminal act was committed by the University of East Anglia in the climategate scandal. That crime has never been prosecuted, nor was the conspiracy to commit that crime.’
It was timed out IIRC – too many years since the alleged offence – if it’s the one I think you mean.
This is a great list and one I hope you’ll keep updated over time. I’ll be linking to it. 🙂
Pingback: WhoWhatWhy is Not as Good as I thought | Musings on Interesting Things
“Mann on trial for libel against Steyn ” – as a matter of simple fact this is completely backwards. It is Mann who is suing Steyn. Not that it isn’t looking worse by the day for Mann…
You are right Mann sued Steyn but then Steyn counter sued. But Mann doesn’t have a hope of winning – he can’t win on the science, and now the public mood is growing more and more hostile, so the only real issue for the case is whether Steyn wins.
Another one –
Alarmists claim that Antarctica is melting and will drown us all, but NASA reports just the opposite.
“The study reports that, between 1992 and 2001, the ice sheet that covers the continent — a polar desert of some 5.4 million square miles, or about the size of the United States and Mexico combined — gained 112 billion tons of ice annually, and from 2003 to 2008 added 82 billion tons a year. And, contrary to the IPCC’s conclusion, Antarctica is not contributing to sea-level rise — in fact, it is slowing the rate of rise by 0.23 millimeters annually.”
Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/426691/global-warming-ice-antarctica-greenland-climate-alarmist
Thanks, I had to think about that one. I checked and I couldn’t see anything obvious that warrants it being a “scandal” – which I guess means a reasonable chance that if it were investigated by the police, it would result in a conviction. Being wrong on its own isn’t a crime. There has to something else such as an intention to deceive, breaking normal rules or a reckless endangerment of people by ignoring a problem.
And it’s also a matter of degree. So, e.g. Mann claiming to win a Nobel prize is a lie – but if that’s all he does, he’s just being an ass making the claim. However, if he then tells that lie in order to get funding or enhance his influence in policy making then it becomes a scandal.