Phil Jones, Director of climate change centre accused of manipulating data stands down, but dismisses claims as 'complete rubbish' | Mail Online

The director of a research unit at the centre of a row over climate change data today said he would stand down from the post while an independent review took place.

Browner briefs lawmakers on Copenhagen [climate hoax] plans - The Hill's E2-Wire

White House climate czar Carol Browner met today in the Capitol with architects of Senate climate change legislation and said international reaction to President Obama’s emissions reduction pledge has been positive, according to Environment and Public Works Committee Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.).

[We're saved!]: Wash. U. Turns French Fry Grease into Biodiesel - St. Louis News - Daily RFT

In cold weather, the biodiesel mix will be 20 percent vegetable oil and 80 percent diesel, but Kelley hopes to raise the ratio to 50:50 in the summer.

So far, the biodiesel has been used as fuel for one food-service truck, but the university plans to increase that, too.

Global Warming Scandal Makes Scientific Progress More Difficult, Experts Say - FOXNews.com

The trustworthiness of the scientific community's global warming data pool is being called into question as the scandal over doctored data continues to unfold.
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"They are making scientific progress more difficult now," says Willie Soon, a physicist, astronomer and climate researcher at the solar and stellar physics division of the Harvard University-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. "This is a shameful, dark day for science," he said in an interview with FoxNews.com.

Soon also suggested that there has been systemic suppression of dissenting opinion among scientists in the climate change community, ranging from social snubs to e-mail stalking and even threats of harm.
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"The GISS and NOAA reports suffer from the same reliability concerns as the CRU ground-based temperature reports," Taylor says. "And, more importantly, are similarly staffed by outspoken global warming activists who are likely engaging in the same data rigging and data hiding as CRU."