Yet Another Climategate Review : Global Warming Fears Not Based on Science | MND: Your Daily Dose of Counter-Theory

I do not believe that the particular instances of misconduct highlighted by the Climategate emails had much “affected the impact on the policy advice.” Political insiders and knowledgeable scientists already knew that the “science” behind the global warming scare was fake.
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Mann also said he hoped the new report would put the “bogus, manufactured scandal behind us.” That is also quite unlikely. Perhaps unlike the UK, Americans will not passively accept neutering by PR. Pushed by the fact that Barack Obama produced global warming law by administrative rule (via the EPA), states are currently filing lawsuits and initiating investigations of their own. Several state legislatures have already issued resolutions against EPA enforcement. These investigations could be much more objective and probing and will undoubtedly include the work of Michael Mann. States may also investigate Mann and potentially prosecute alleged fraud in applications for research funding. Al Gore is currently dodging a Senate investigation that could lead to criminal indictment.