Senator Demands DoJ Investigation Against Climategate Scientists, Calls Gore To Defend His “Sci Fi Movie”
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 for Space Studies.
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.
As has been reported here at Pajamas Media over the last several months, the exposure of the Climategate files has led to a reexamination of the IPCC Assessment Reports, especially the fourth report (AR4), published in 2007. The IPCC AR4 report was named by Environmental Protection Agency head Lisa Jackson as one of the major sources of scientific support for the agency’s Endangerment Finding, the first step towards allowing the EPA to regulate carbon dioxide as a pollutant.
Since the Climategate files were released, the IPCC has been forced to retract a number of specific conclusions — such as a prediction that Himalayan glaciers would disappear by 2035 — and has been forced to confirm that the report was based in large part on reports from environmental activist groups instead of peer-reviewed scientific literature. Dr. Murari Lal, an editor of the IPCC AR4 report, admitted to the London Daily Mail that he had known the 2035 date was false, but was included in the report anyway “purely to put political pressure on world leaders.”
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.
Senator Inhofe’s announcement today appears to be the first time a member of Congress has formally called for an investigation into research misconduct and potential criminal acts by the scientists involved.
The staff report describes four major issues revealed by the Climategate files and the subsequent revelations:
The emails suggest some climate scientists were cooperating to obstruct the release of damaging information and counter-evidence.
They suggest scientists were manipulating the data to reach predetermined conclusions.
They show some climate scientists colluding to pressure journal editors not to publish work questioning the “consensus.”
They show that scientists involved in the report were assuming the role of climate activists attempting to influence public opinion while claiming scientific objectivity.
The report notes a number of potential legal issues raised by their Climategate investigation:
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).
It notes the potential for violations of the Federal False Statements and False Claims Acts, which may have both civil and criminal penalties.
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.
By naming potential criminal offenses, Senator Inhofe raises the stakes for climate scientists and others involved. Dr. Phil Jones of the University of East Anglia’s Climate Research Unit has already been forced to step aside because of the Climategate FOIA issues, and Dr. Michael Mann of Penn State is currently under investigation by the university for potential misconduct. Adding possible criminal charges to the mix increases the possibility that some of the people involved may choose to blow the whistle in order to protect themselves.
Senator Inhofe believes that Dr. Hansen and Dr. Mann should be “let go” from their posts “for the good of the institutions involved.”
The question, of course, is whether the Senate Democratic majority will allow this investigation to proceed, in the face of the Obama administration’s stated intention to regulate CO2 following the apparent death of cap and trade legislation. The Democratic majority has blocked previous attempts by Inhofe to investigate issues with climate science.
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…and we ALL know that Holder and his terror-sympathizing Justice Department will get right on that…
LMAO
Yeah right 
…He’ll stand trail right next to the “New Black Panthers”, and “ACORN” 
Now that I think of it, had it been the “Klan” and not the “New Black Panthers”, I bet we could see some “Military Tribunals”
Hey Algore; just wait around for three years and you’ll find you ass in front of a Federal Grand Jury because it will never happen under Obongo’s watch. Then maybe you’ll be a guest at some Federal Slam You Ass Pen with a very large bi-sexual roommate named Bubba.
“with a very large bi-sexual roommate named Bubba…of a sort with a particular melanin content with a penchant for (fill in the blank).
The Goracle will show… in August… with the air conditioning ‘malfunctioning’ and the windows freshly painted shut.
‘How can you be a denier? Aren’t you hot? You’re sweatin’ like a ManBearPig!’
And if Holder wouldn’t prosecute Panthers, he ain’t gonna chase no EnviroNazis.
Of course not. But hopefully he will not be able to reach the Statue of Limitations on Corruption of this magnitude of a Ponzi Scheme. This one far out distances Bernie Madoff.
Actually; Al Made-off; with billions (almost).
What a pussy! This douche couldn’t even gather 2 dozen supporters for his last Climategate “rally” here in Tennessee…it was cancelled…now he is MIA.
P.O.S.
Caption the photo; here’s the first one
Damn, this truth makes my fucking head hurt!
He looks like “Ursula” in The Little Mermaid.No, I’m not a cartoon perv,my kid was little when the damn movie was hot…OK,well,Ariel was kinda hot…
Looks like he is wearing lipstick in that photo!
What’s that about “putting lipstick on a pig”?
funny “Copenhagen” is burried by the medias and the politics, even we don’t hear of the “carbon tax” anymore, though still Allegre is fulminating against the green mafia
That’s just stupid.
The EU Emissions Trading Scheme is the model for the proposed US Cap-N-Tax bill in our Congress and the Chicago Climate Exchange supported by both Barry and Gore.
The EU-ETS got de-frauded of somewhere between 5 and 7 billion dollars last year. France estimates its portion of that loss at $230 million.
Who pays for that?
And the price of gas in France is 2-2.5X what it is in the US and 70% of that price is tax.
what’s stupid ? that none talk of the copenhagen summit anymore, and of the carbon tax anymore ? if you remember this tax was “toqued” by the “Conseil Constitutionnel” as a christmas present to Sarkozy !
Now, the “EU Emissions Trading Scheme” is another story, it will be on in 2013, but as things go today, may-be there will be no more EU administration to impose it by then
I’m aware of the frauds, that were inherent in the very creation of the system,idem for the creation of the euro stadards ! and of our energy high prices, not new under our skies, it always had been so, but actually the topic is still Greece. I just want that the whole system blow up !
http://www.la-croix.com/Claude-Allegre-dresse-un-requisitoire-sans-nuance-contre-les/article/2415770/5547
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcaikw_alain-touraine-sortir-de-la-crise-l_news
the crisis will cause the death of the “social” (video)
lol
what’s stupid?
you
from a clown lover, it’s a compliment
Nonsense.
You’re a clown and I don’t love you.
if you cofound me with Glenny the piggy, then you’re more stoopid than forecasted
amuses-toi, that’s another clown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3jKsHJqOJw
yeah…yeah… Now you’re gonna pick on Glen Beck? From France? That’s rich.
And I’m not hitting ANY link you post. Like yourself, it’s surely virus-ridden.
Tell you what, you go back to spinning your head round and round on your neck and I’ll go back to hoping Bruce Willis kills you on Christmas Eve.
How’d that be?
tu peux toujours rêver, ça ne fait de mal à personne
yeah, I know you prefer to read some indecipherable tomes, sure that gives you the inflated intello look
James Inhofe is a great patriot and an American hero. He’s been going it almost alone for the past 8 years and he has been proven right in his assertions against AGW. Beer for Inhofe…
FUCK YEA!
Not sure how to say this, but I think Gore is a fucking homo-sexual. Trust me on this, time will tell…….. Something will come out to indicate this….. trust me on this. But on a more serious matter, that are lawsuits emerging, one from something called PEABODY Energy and then, there’s a guy by the name of David Blood (Erik, you may be able to dig up this shit faster than me)…It’s dirty folks. It’s all about money, it has nothing to do with the environment. Of course, those of us that visit this site and participate knows this…
Of course it’s all about money. These liberal cretins now have the helm and are steering money to their buddies as fast as they can. If the Republicans were in bed with big oil, these Democrats have proven themselves to be far bigger thieves and liars than any administration or Congress that preceded them.
If anyone out there thinks all this Crap & Tax will do anything to the environment, then send me $10 each and I’ll send you a nifty certificate that declares you immune from any further taxation by the government.
Nah,Gore is more like the uncle in the family that is a perv. He likes young little boys and has a house filled with cats.
Someday I hope to see Gore’s face on America’s most wanted.
Once a Gore always a Gore, is that gory ? Imagine.
I’d like to think that Algore is getting nervous and about to break out in one of his famous flop sweats, but there is no chance of him getting any heat from this administration or congress. God will judge him one day, I just hope I get to see it
I have on good knowledge that he’s on the express train for Hell.
I like Inhofe too but I doubt anything will come of this.He can demand anything he wants.We have an illegal alien usurper POTUS who most likely will never be brought up on charges.What makes anyone think justice will ever be served in this case?..