REVIEW CLEARS CLIMATE SCIENTISTS

'Climategate' review clears scientists of dishonesty
Hilary Whiteman, July 7, 2010 (CNN)

["…The Independent Climate Change Emails Review of] the leaked "Climategate" e-mails found no evidence to question the 'rigor and honesty' of scientists involved.

"The scandal fueled skepticism about the case for global warming…The seven-month review, led by Muir Russell, found scientists at the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit (CRU) did not unduly influence reports detailing the scale of the threat of global warming produced by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)…[It] did however find that the CRU scientists had failed to display [proper openness] when it came to dealing with public requests for information…"

From greenman3610 via YouTube

"In November 2009, the integrity of the CRU and its research were called into question after the publication of more than 1,000 emails, dating back to 1996, to and from scientists employed there…Particular attention focused on one e-mail from the unit's head, Professor Phil Jones, which referred to a "trick" being used on data submitted to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in 1999…

"The review found the figure supplied for the WMO was in fact misleading…[but only in that] procedures should have been made plain…Of the language used by the CRU scientists, the report said that it was generally…[informal and slang and] the word 'trick’ was not intended to imply any deception…"

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"In a statement after the report's release, Edward Acton, Vice-Chancellor of the University of East Anglia, expressed hope that report would put an end to the ‘wilder assertions’ about the climate science community…[and] announced that Professor Phil Jones, who had stood down as head of the CRU during the review, had accepted a new post of Director of Research at the unit…"

[Michael Mann, climate scientist:] "Human-caused climate change is a reality, and it's about time we get on to a meaningful discussion about what to do about it…"