Friday night reading: the eloquent take-downs « JoNova

“Not Journalists, State Propagandists” – Rupert Wyndham on the BBC

Looser CO2 [swindle] caps for eco-product makers?

Jul. 9, 2010 (The Yomiuri Shimbun) -- The Environment Ministry on Friday said it was considering giving preferential treatment to manufacturers of eco-friendly products in an emission credit trading system by setting their emissions cap higher than other industries.

The American Spectator : AmSpecBlog : CEI's Myron Ebell Says "Professional Whitewash" of Climategate Will Not Succeed

The Muir Russell report is thus a classic example of the establishment circling its wagons to defend itself. As was pointed out when the committee was appointed, the members are part of the old boys' network and have several obvious conflicts of interest.

The professional whitewash attempted by the Muir Russell report will not succeed, however. That is because the evidence that data was manipulated by some of the scientists involved, for example to make the 1930s appear cooler in twentieth century temperature records, is simply too obvious and too strong to cover up."

Al's Journal : The Politicization of Science

This past spring, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli filed a civil investigative demand (essentially a subpoena) requiring the University of Virginia to produce 10 years worth of documents related to the research of climate scientist Michael Mann.

This assault on academic freedom was an affront to the scientific process and I was pleased to read last week that UVA is fighting the request.
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Coincidentally, this week the University of Pennsylvania cleared Mann of any wrongdoing. It is time for Cuccinelli to end his witch-hunt.