The treason of the scientists (2) ...

...as we enter into the last campaign of the war against the green alarmists, the main perpretators and instigators are being assembled, awaiting sentence. Among them is the creator of the now infamous "hockey stick"; Dr Michael Mann of Penn State University (PSU). Preliminary internal investigation of Mann's behaviour after revelations disclosed by the Climategate emails were as expected, a green whitewash...Penn State's internal inquiry into Michael Mann's alleged scientific misconduct concluded with the virtual exoneration of his behavior, and ignored key evidence in the Climategate scandal. As feared, this inquiry was little more than a whitewash—an assault on academic integrity. Students at PSU are rallying in response to demand "academic integrity" from their faculty, explaining...First, the university's internal review consisted of three Penn State employees who have strong incentives to protect the school's reputation and the millions of dollars it receives from global warming research grants. There was no external oversight. Second, the review consisted of looking at a mere 47 emails (out of thousands in question), interviewing Mann, analyzing materials he submitted, and asking only two biased sources about his credibility. Penn State hardly conducted a "thorough investigation" of alleged wrongdoing by Mann...more from students at PSU here...and (H/T CB at Solyent Green) here...

...and the grandad of the whole scam, nobel prize winner Albert Gore is the target of a petition to strip him of the once treasured and respected award. Micky recommends the petition and advises that the request for the donation can be ignored...here...

...and talking about awards, note that the hero of this blog, the frequently consulted Anthony Watts, of WuWT, has been included in the Times Online Top 30 Science Blogs...here...

2009 ?... No, it's still 1984...

...and George Orwell's newspeak is popular among the green/left... although today of course, it's IPPC UN Internationalism which demands unquestioning obedience. When Maurice Strong, the founder of the UN Environment Programme said "Isn’t the only hope for the planet that the industrialized civilizations collapse? " he created today's 1984 style Ministry of Truth. True to the Ministry's message, socialists around the world have embraced Maurice Strong's dictum, and with the help of a compliant news media, have branded climate change sceptics as deniers, who wish to condemn future generations to a polluted, unlivable planet.

Cometh the hour, cometh the technology...The failure of the main media to live up to their investigative past leaves the field open to independent bloggers to disseminate the sceptical message. Opinion polling shows that the sceptics (assisted by an uncooperative cooling planet) are winning the day. When the accolades are distributed, taking the gold medal will be Anthony Watts, who continues to rage, rage against the dying of the light...

This is becoming laugh out loud material...

...From the once esteemed London Telegraph comes this amazing GOOD NEWS story, bylined in today's NZ Herald as "Pollution stalls climate change, scientists find".

Well...our awful pollution via our filthy capitalistic excess can't be all that bad after all... The climate has stopped misbehaving and leading us to climatastrophe, thanks apparently to all our efforts with disposable nappies, plastic bags and SUV's and leaving the TV's on standby...ripper ! Greenies will be slightly thrilled ...I think. (Nothing to do of course, with the fact that solar activity is at a 100 year low, it's the use of our wasteful and destructive aerosols, plastics, oil and coal that's put the spanner in the climate change works). But there's a lot more...the article continues...

...Pollution is protecting the world from climate change, according to 2 new studies.

The first found that the hole in the ozone layer, caused by the use of CFC's, has prevented the melting of Antarctica, even as the rest of the world warms. The second found that plants absorb more carbon dioxide under polluted skies, thereby slowing global warming...

...mmm. Hang on. Haven't we been told ad nauseum that our "pollution" acts as an envelope, trapping "greenhouse" heat ? Anyway, fair enough, carry on, there's more...

...Scientists said the findings made it even more important to cut carbon emmissions as pollution from CFC's and other sources was expected to decrease...the survey found sea ice in the South Pole has increased at a rate of 100,000 sq.kilometres a decade...even as the ice cap around the North Pole melts. The scientists said the reason was the hole in the ozone layer...the ozone layer absorbs heat in the atmosphere, but the emergence of the hole...has cooled temperatures, resulting in more ice...

...Professor John Turner, one of the lead authors said, "...the results underlined the complexity of climate change..." (more from Prof. Turner here.) You are so right Professor...the phrase "headless chooks" comes to mind... I thought the science of climate change was all cut, dusted and settled. Meanwhile, what does Anthony Watt (Watt's up with That WuWT) think of it all ?

here's his take on it......Last weeks’ top Antarctic AGW story was :Antarctic ice melting faster than expected, due to CO2, of course. This week the #1 story is :Antarctic ice spreading but the increase in size is due to “stratospheric ozone depletion” which is of course also caused by man-made gases...So Antarctic ice is disappearing faster than expected due to man, and it is also expanding in size due to man... and one minor problem with the ozone hole theory ”The ozone hole occurs during the Antarctic spring, from September to early December” - but the positive ice anomaly occurred during the autumn and winter (March through July)...more from WuWT here...