John Holdren contributed to "inconvienent truth" and Climategate

Don't prevent Al Gore from saving us from Global Warming!!! Give up everything you have to help him! Quick, quick, quick! Don't think! Just do it!!!

The whole saga reminds me of the way the Catholic Church persecuted people like Copernicus and Galileo in the 1600's when they dared challenge the church dogma which stated that the sun and the planets revolve around the Earth. It wasn't about science then, and it's not about science now. It's about money, power and control.

Any time a scientist or a group of scientists refuses to allow others free access to their data for purposes of analysis and critical review, ignores repeated Freedom of Information Act requests for access to that data despite the fact that it was obtained with public funding, and then claims that the original data has been "lost" or "destroyed", alarm bells should be ringing like crazy.

This would be wholly unacceptable behavior if we were talking about just a $10 million study on the mating habits of African tree frogs. But the fact that we're talking about climate data that's being used as the justification for an attempt to impose a multi-trillion dollar re-allocation of global resources makes this a HUGE deal, one that warrants a full investigation by the governments of both the US and the UK. If it can be shown that Messrs. Mann, Jones, et al deliberately falsified and/or destroyed data in order to advance a particular policy agenda, then they should spend time in jail.

There are thousands of perfectly reputable scientists around the world who have serious doubts about the theory of anthropogenic global warming. There is also an abundance of empirical evidence that should make any rational person question that theory. (For example, if the planet is melting, why is the size of the antarctic's ice sheet increasing and not decreasing?) However, these dissenters have been subjected to a deliberate campaign of suppression and intimidation by the self-anointed high priests of climate change in both academia and the media. The subtle (and sometimes not so subtle) message that has been given to these people is "If you still want to get your research money, if you still want to be a part of our community, then you'd better get on board with the 'consensus' we need here. If you don't, you'll be sorry." It’s a total disgrace.

Truth be told, there has never been anything even remotely approaching a real "consensus" on this issue and the general public is, thankfully, finally beginning to figure that out. As much as Al Gore might want to have us believe otherwise so that he can continue to line his pockets, the science is most certainly NOT "settled"!

Stop bitching, take responsibility and take action. Stop all donations to the political party(s) responsible for this fraud. Stop donations to all environmental groups which funded this Global Warming propaganda campaign with our money, especially The Environmental Defense Fund. Write your state and federal representatives demanding wall to wall investigations of government sponsored funding and coordination of this and related propaganda campaigns and demand indictments of those responsible. Write your state and federal Attorneys General demanding Al Gore and others conducting Global Warming/Climate Change racketeering and mail fraud operations be brought to justice, indicted, tried, convicted and jailed. That’s what I have done in response to this outrageous violation of the public trust. Think of the consequences if you do nothing!

this page offers more proof of the nutty conspiracy theorists inhabiting right wing political thought today. There is a consensus re: climate change among reputable scientists. Most of what's written above borders on sheer hysteria, panic, misinformation, paranoia, etc. You can scream and rant about the size of the Antarctic ice sheet and demonize Al Gore all you want, but the fact is C02 is poisoning the oceans by acidifying them and that much is fact. It's killing our coral reefs and all associated eco systems so even if it's not contributing to global warming WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY HAPPENING it is killing ocean life and must be dealt with.

The truth has nothing to do with political affiliation. For those who actually believe in global warming I can only feel pity. The emperor has no clothes.

Then there are those who couldn't give a damn either way . . . it's just another money scam.