ClimateGate by video

The problem, of course, is that these emails are not in a vacuum, but are to be read in the context of two wholly unrelated revelations: (1) The deletion, intentional or otherwise, of the CRU's original raw global temperature data, so it is apparently no longer possible to assess whether the "adjustments" to that data were valid or even intellectually honest; and (2) the exposure of code inside the climate models themselves that seems to indicate a direct tweaking of the programming to generate a particular result (i.e., a palpable warming trend). This is really, really, really, really bad stuff, because the entire case for regulatory intervention turns on the predictive power of these models. If the data that is their basis and the the programming itself has been manipulated in any way, shape or form to drive a result intended to influence policy, then all the scientific papers that derive from these models or rely on them in any way ought to be withdrawn.

Ed Driscoll » Climategate: The Destroyer Of Worldviews

And don’t forget the paper at the other end of the Northeast Corridor; the New York Times’ Andrew Revkin was part of the ClimateGate email list, as I noted last week, and Milloy writes in a public letter to New York Times Clark Hoyt ombudsman.

In response, you’ll likely be amazed at how loudly crickets can chirp above the din of New York traffic.

ETERNAL MELTING | Daily Telegraph Tim Blair Blog

From the New York Times, 128 years of looming polar doom:

• 1881: “This past Winter, both inside and outside the Arctic circle, appears to have been unusually mild. The ice is very light and rapidly melting …”

CASH FOR CLIMATE | Daily Telegraph Tim Blair Blog

Next time the weather concerns you, go outside and throw money at it. See if that makes any difference.