Climategate 2.0

A new batch of 5,000 emails between pro-global warming scientists were anonymously released to the public yesterday, igniting a new firestorm of controversy nearly two years to the day after similar emails ignited the Climategate scandal.

Three themes are emerging from the newly released emails: (1) these scientists view global warming as a political “cause” rather than a balanced scientific inquiry; (2) prominent scientists central to the global warming debate are taking measures to conceal rather than disseminate underlying data and discussions; and (3) many of these scientists frankly admit to each other that much of the science is weak and dependent on deliberate manipulation of facts and data.

The purported negative effects of industrialization and population growth on the environment (viz., Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW)) are central to the Administration’s adoption of progressive regulation that negatively impacts individual liberty and free-market economic activities.  These regulatory initiatives include removal of large tracts of land and natural resources from development, promotion of feel-good energy technologies, and increasing reliance on international bodies to “save us from ourselves.” 

Maybe it is time for us to save ourselves from politically motivated scientists.