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Senator Calls For “Criminal” Global Warming Investigation
Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) today asked the Obama administration to investigate what he called “the greatest scientific scandal of our generation” — the actions of climate scientists revealed by the Climategate Files, and the subsequent admissions by the editors of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report (AR4).
Senator Inhofe also called for former Vice President Al Gore to be called back to the Senate to testify.
“In [Gore's] science fiction movie, every assertion has been rebutted,” Inhofe said. He believes Vice President Gore should defend himself and his movie before Congress.
Just prior to a hearing at 10:00 a.m. EST, Senator Inhofe released a minority staff report from the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, of which he is ranking member. Senator Inhofe is asking the Department of Justice to investigate whether there has been research misconduct or criminal actions by the scientists involved, including Dr. Michael Mann of Pennsylvania State University and Dr. James Hansen of Columbia University and the NASA Goddard Institute of Space Science.
This report, obtained exclusively by Pajamas Media before today’s hearing, alleges:
[The] Minority Staff of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works believe the scientists involved may have violated fundamental ethical principles governing taxpayer-funded research and, in some cases, federal laws. In addition to these findings, we believe the emails and accompanying documents seriously compromise the IPCC -backed “consensus” and its central conclusion that anthropogenic emissions are inexorably leading to environmental catastrophes.
Read more: Prison Planet
Originally posted by Smack
reply to post by FortAnthem
Senator James Inhofe? erm... No thanks. Inhofe probably just wants to muscle in on the AGW gravy train and sees this as a way to do it. He'll blackmail them until they relent and then he'll #can the whole investigation. I've seen it a hundred times.
Originally posted by endisnighe
I was watching the EPA budget conference on CSPAN today.
Just a couple observations. One member compared deniers of GW as bad as the people denying HITLER back in the day!
Boxer used the old tried and true obfuscation technique that ALL the evidence is in and it is a fact that MAN is the culprit.
Originally posted by FortAnthem
When is the public going to wake up to the fact that man-made global warming has been thoroughly debunked?
The report notes a number of potential legal issues raised by their Climategate investigation:
1. It suggests scientific misconduct that may violate the Shelby Amendment — requiring open access to the results of government-funded research — and the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) policies on scientific misconduct (which were announced December 12, 2000).
2. It notes the potential for violations of the Federal False Statements and False Claims Acts, which may have both civil and criminal penalties.
3. The report also notes the possibility of there having been an obstruction of Congress in congressional proceeds, which may constitute an obstruction of justice.
If proven, these charges could subject the scientists involved to debarment from federally funded research, and even to criminal penalties.
Based on this minority staff report, Senator Inhofe will be calling for an investigation into potential research misconduct and possible criminal acts by the researchers involved. At the same time, Inhofe will ask the Environmental Protection Agency to reopen its consideration of an Endangerment Finding for carbon dioxide as a pollutant under the Federal Clean Air Act, and will ask Congress to withdraw funding for further consideration of carbon dioxide as a pollutant.
In requesting that the EPA reopen the Endangerment Finding, Inhofe joins with firms such as the Peabody Energy Company and several state attorneys general (such as Texas and Virginia) in objecting to the Obama administration’s attempt to extend regulatory control over carbon dioxide emissions in the United States. Senator Inhofe believes this staff report “strengthens the case” for the Texas and Virginia attorneys general.
Originally posted by damwel
I don't get it. Over 8 billion dollars just disappeared in Iraq and why is there no call for an investigation about that? Instead we get a call for an investigation over research money on climate change? Sounds like a distraction to me.
Originally posted by Essan
Originally posted by FortAnthem
When is the public going to wake up to the fact that man-made global warming has been thoroughly debunked?
Hopefully around the same time they discover that Earth is flat and was created in 4004BC
Originally posted by Essan
Originally posted by FortAnthem
When is the public going to wake up to the fact that man-made global warming has been thoroughly debunked?
Hopefully around the same time they discover that Earth is flat and was created in 4004BC
Which sadly may be any day now if some folk get their way.