Top Science Scandals of 2011 | The Scientist

Climate Change-up

A controversial climate change paper was retracted when it was found to contain passages lifted from other sources, including Wikipedia. The paper, published by climate change skeptic Edward Wegman of George Mason University in Computational Statistics and Data Analysis in 2008, showed that climatology is an inbred field where most researchers collaborate with and review each other’s work. But a resourceful blogger uncovered evidence of plagiarism, and the journal retracted the paper, which was cited 8 times, in May.

Rush Limbaugh: Climate Change Misinformer of the Year | Media Matters for America

Limbaugh, whose radio show reportedly reaches roughly 14 million people
per week, remains the most prominent and cocksure denier of
human-induced climate change in the news industry.