US Government Halts Funds For Climate Unit

The American government has suspended its funding of the University of East Anglia’s climate research unit (CRU), citing the scientific doubts raised by last November’s leak of hundreds of stolen emails.

Republicans oppose broad US energy bill-McConnell | Energy & Oil | Reuters

But McConnell said Republicans in the Senate would oppose climate regulations in an energy bill, which he described as an energy tax on the nation.

A scaled-back climate change bill that Senate Democrats are considering would achieve far less than Obama promised at a U.N. global warming conference last year -- but even this may be too much for Congress.

Without candour, we can't trust climate science - opinion - 14 July 2010 - New Scientist

Some will argue it is time to leave climategate behind. But it is difficult to justify the conclusion of Edward Acton, University of East Anglia vice-chancellor, that the CRU has been "completely exonerated". Openness in sharing data, even with your critics, is a legal requirement.

But what happened to intellectual candour - especially in conceding the shortcomings of these inquiries and discussing the way that science is done. Without candour, public trust in climate science cannot be restored, nor should it be.

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