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[[File:Gorelying.jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[Al Gore]] on CNN's ''American Morning'', December 9, 2009, in which he stated that snow is melting from the polar icecaps and glaciers at a rapid rate, and that the "global warming deniers" manipulated the emails from CRU out of context. <br />

[[File:Gorelying.jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[Al Gore]] on CNN's ''American Morning'', December 9, 2009, in which he stated that snow is melting from the polar icecaps and glaciers at a rapid rate, and that the "global warming deniers" manipulated the emails from CRU out of context. <br />

<small>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtdoPeYdNRA Al Gore Weighs In On Climate Gate], ''CNN'' interview pt.1 <br /> [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3IRdkPkatE Al Gore Weighs In On Climate Gate], ''CNN'' interview pt.2</small>]]

<small>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtdoPeYdNRA Al Gore Weighs In On Climate Gate], ''CNN'' interview pt.1 <br /> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3IRdkPkatE Al Gore Weighs In On Climate Gate], ''CNN'' interview pt.2</small>]]

The '''Climategate''' scandal erupted on November 19, 2009, when a collection of [[email]] messages, data files and data processing programs were leaked from the University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit (CRU) located in the [[United Kingdom|UK]], revealing [[scientific fraud]] and data [[manipulation]] by scientists concerning the [[Global Warming Theory]].<ref>[http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/11/19/breaking-news-story-hadley-cru-has-apparently-been-hacked-hundreds-of-files-released/ Breaking News Story: CRU has apparently been hacked – hundreds of files released], ''Watts Up With That?'', November 19, 2009.</ref>  The [[scandal]] that the suffix –'''gate''' implies is the state of [[climate science]] over the past decade, revealed by more than a thousand emails, documents, and computer code sets between various prominent scientists.<ref name=3things>Iain Murray. [http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/three-things-you-absolutely-must-know-about-climategate/ Three Things You Absolutely Must Know About Climategate], ''[[Pajamas Media]]'', November 24, 2009.</ref> The released information is evidence of [[deceit]] by climate scientists, which was kept a secret or hidden from the public until the data was leaked from the CRU.  The CRU's apparent obstruction of [[freedom-of-information]] requests, as revealed by the [[leak]]s, was only the tip of the [[iceberg]].<ref>The global-warming scandal is bigger than one email leak. [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704342404574576683216723794.html The Tip of the Climategate Iceberg], ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'', December 08, 2009.</ref>  Climategate is said to have revealed the biggest scientific [[hoax]] in world history as the worst scandal of this [[generation]].<ref>Christopher Booker. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/christopherbooker/6679082/Climate-change-this-is-the-worst-scientific-scandal-of-our-generation.html Climate change: this is the worst scientific scandal of our generation], Telegraph.co.uk, November 28, 2009.</ref><ref>[[Glenn Beck]]. [http://www.glennbeck.com/content/videos/?uri=channels/338017/667734 The Biggest Scam In History (Video)], ''The Glenn Beck Program'', December 01, 2009.</ref>  

The '''Climategate''' scandal erupted on November 19, 2009, when a collection of [[email]] messages, data files and data processing programs were leaked from the University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit (CRU) located in the [[United Kingdom|UK]], revealing [[scientific fraud]] and data [[manipulation]] by scientists concerning the [[Global Warming Theory]].<ref>[http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/11/19/breaking-news-story-hadley-cru-has-apparently-been-hacked-hundreds-of-files-released/ Breaking News Story: CRU has apparently been hacked – hundreds of files released], ''Watts Up With That?'', November 19, 2009.</ref>  The [[scandal]] that the suffix –'''gate''' implies is the state of [[climate science]] over the past decade, revealed by more than a thousand emails, documents, and computer code sets between various prominent scientists.<ref name=3things>Iain Murray. [http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/three-things-you-absolutely-must-know-about-climategate/ Three Things You Absolutely Must Know About Climategate], ''[[Pajamas Media]]'', November 24, 2009.</ref> The released information is evidence of [[deceit]] by climate scientists, which was kept a secret or hidden from the public until the data was leaked from the CRU.  The CRU's apparent obstruction of [[freedom-of-information]] requests, as revealed by the [[leak]]s, was only the tip of the [[iceberg]].<ref>The global-warming scandal is bigger than one email leak. [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704342404574576683216723794.html The Tip of the Climategate Iceberg], ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'', December 08, 2009.</ref>  Climategate is said to have revealed the biggest scientific [[hoax]] in world history as the worst scandal of this [[generation]].<ref>Christopher Booker. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/christopherbooker/6679082/Climate-change-this-is-the-worst-scientific-scandal-of-our-generation.html Climate change: this is the worst scientific scandal of our generation], Telegraph.co.uk, November 28, 2009.</ref><ref>[[Glenn Beck]]. [http://www.glennbeck.com/content/videos/?uri=channels/338017/667734 The Biggest Scam In History (Video)], ''The Glenn Beck Program'', December 01, 2009.</ref>  

The Climategate emails and climate data became the subject of intense debate, calling to question assumptions on [[Anthropogenic global warming theory|anthropogenic (man-made) global warming]].  The legitimacy of climate [[science]], and the charges leveled by the CRU and the [[Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change]] (IPCC) which claim humans cause [[climate change]], was severely shaken by Climategate.  Evidence revealed told the truth about man-made [[global warming]]: it's a [[fraud]].<ref>James Delingpole. [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jamesdelingpole/100017393/climategate-the-final-nail-in-the-coffin-of-anthropogenic-global-warming/ Climategate: the final nail in the coffin of 'Anthropogenic Global Warming'?], Telegraph.co.uk, November 20, 2009.</ref><ref>[[Rush Limbaugh]]. [http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_113009/content/01125109.guest.html Universe of Lies: Big Warmers Try to Whitewash ClimateGate Fraud], RushLimbaugh.com, November 30, 2009.</ref><ref>Marc Sheppard. [http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/11/crus_source_code_climategate_r.html CRU's Source Code: Climategate Uncovered], ''American Thinker'', November 25, 2009.</ref><ref>Steve McIntyre. [http://www.climateaudit.org/?p=7168 Yamal: A "Divergence" Problem], climateaudit.org, September 27, 2009.</ref><ref>Andrew Orlowski. [http://sweetness-light.com/archive/one-of-the-frauds-behind-the-cru One Of The Scandals In The CRU Emails], ''Sweetness & Light'', September 29, 2009.</ref>  

The Climategate emails and climate data became the subject of intense debate, calling to question assumptions on [[Anthropogenic global warming theory|anthropogenic (man-made) global warming]].  The legitimacy of climate [[science]], and the charges leveled by the CRU and the [[Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change]] (IPCC) which claim humans cause [[climate change]], was severely shaken by Climategate.  Evidence revealed told the truth about man-made [[global warming]]: it's a [[fraud]].<ref>James Delingpole. [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jamesdelingpole/100017393/climategate-the-final-nail-in-the-coffin-of-anthropogenic-global-warming/ Climategate: the final nail in the coffin of 'Anthropogenic Global Warming'?], Telegraph.co.uk, November 20, 2009.</ref><ref>[[Rush Limbaugh]]. [http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_113009/content/01125109.guest.html Universe of Lies: Big Warmers Try to Whitewash ClimateGate Fraud], RushLimbaugh.com, November 30, 2009.</ref><ref>Marc Sheppard. [https://www.americanthinker.com/2009/11/crus_source_code_climategate_r.html CRU's Source Code: Climategate Uncovered], ''American Thinker'', November 25, 2009.</ref><ref>Steve McIntyre. [http://www.climateaudit.org/?p=7168 Yamal: A "Divergence" Problem], climateaudit.org, September 27, 2009.</ref><ref>Andrew Orlowski. [http://sweetness-light.com/archive/one-of-the-frauds-behind-the-cru One Of The Scandals In The CRU Emails], ''Sweetness & Light'', September 29, 2009.</ref>  

Despite the significance of the scandal and its impact on the theory suggesting humans cause climate change, in a profoundly bizarre situation the [[Mainstream media]] attempted to bury the Climategate story.<ref name=accuracyinmedia>Allie Duzett. [http://www.aim.org/aim-column/media-ignore-climate-science-scandal/ Media Ignore Climate Science Scandal], [[Accuracy In Media]], November 23, 2009.</ref>  At the same time, liberal [[Wikipedia]] quickly [[Censorship|censored]] Climategate and referred to it as an illegal "incident," as the work of computer hackers stealing data — contrary to [[Freedom of Information Act]] requests.  In spite of the [[Liberal media|liberal media's]] [[bias]] attempt to hide the scandal, news of Climategate quickly spread because many other more notable sources of [[media]] covered the story.  Commentators and others in the media covered news on Climategate, many of which outlined important takeaways about specific information valuable to the public.<ref>Larrey Anderson. [http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/12/revenge_of_the_computer_nerds_1.html Revenge of the Computer Nerds], ''American Thinker'', December 09, 2009.</ref>  

Despite the significance of the scandal and its impact on the theory suggesting humans cause climate change, in a profoundly bizarre situation the [[Mainstream media]] attempted to bury the Climategate story.<ref name=accuracyinmedia>Allie Duzett. [http://www.aim.org/aim-column/media-ignore-climate-science-scandal/ Media Ignore Climate Science Scandal], [[Accuracy In Media]], November 23, 2009.</ref>  At the same time, liberal [[Wikipedia]] quickly [[Censorship|censored]] Climategate and referred to it as an illegal "incident," as the work of computer hackers stealing data — contrary to [[Freedom of Information Act]] requests.  In spite of the [[Liberal media|liberal media's]] [[bias]] attempt to hide the scandal, news of Climategate quickly spread because many other more notable sources of [[media]] covered the story.  Commentators and others in the media covered news on Climategate, many of which outlined important takeaways about specific information valuable to the public.<ref>Larrey Anderson. [https://www.americanthinker.com/2009/12/revenge_of_the_computer_nerds_1.html Revenge of the Computer Nerds], ''American Thinker'', December 09, 2009.</ref>  

==Climategate Scandal==

==Climategate Scandal==

{{cquote|Climatology recognizes three distinct periods: The very recent instrumental period; the historical period to 3000 years, and the geologic [and] biologic for the rest. The [Climatic Research Unit scientists] manipulated data in all three but the first is critical because it is the source of material for the computer models, the vehicle of their deception. [...] They claim [the emails] are taken out of context. In context the fullness of their criminality is exposed. They claim there’s nothing of consequence in the emails, but [the emails show] a litany of [[manipulation]] of, the data, the process, publications, [[peer review]], and [[personal attack]]s.<ref name=datamanipulation>Dr. Tim Ball. [http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/17916 The New Big Lie: Climategate Emails Are Not Significant], ''Canada Free Press'', December 14, 2009.</ref>}}

{{cquote|Climatology recognizes three distinct periods: The very recent instrumental period; the historical period to 3000 years, and the geologic [and] biologic for the rest. The [Climatic Research Unit scientists] manipulated data in all three but the first is critical because it is the source of material for the computer models, the vehicle of their deception. [...] They claim [the emails] are taken out of context. In context the fullness of their criminality is exposed. They claim there’s nothing of consequence in the emails, but [the emails show] a litany of [[manipulation]] of, the data, the process, publications, [[peer review]], and [[personal attack]]s.<ref name=datamanipulation>Dr. Tim Ball. [http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/17916 The New Big Lie: Climategate Emails Are Not Significant], ''Canada Free Press'', December 14, 2009.</ref>}}

Climategate shows strong evidence of fraud, and may show smoking-gun proof of a cover-up by CRU scientists to exaggerate the existence, causation, and threat of global warming.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,576009,00.html Climate Skeptics See 'Smoking Gun' in Researchers' Leaked E-Mails], FOXNews.com, November 21, 2009.</ref><ref>Marc Sheppard. [http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/11/the_evidence_of_climate_fraud.html The Evidence of Climate Fraud], ''American Thinker'', November 21, 2009.</ref><ref>Noel Sheppard. [http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2009/11/25/climategate-smoking-gun-american-thinker-does-medias-job ClimateGate Smoking Gun Found, American Thinker Does Media's Job], ''[[NewsBusters]]'', November 25, 2009.</ref> From ''Cube Antics'', by Robert Greiner, who is a scientist and engineer "with an agnostic stand on global warming," he offered a statement about the research methods of the CRU scientists, attempting to show proof that they had the means and intent to falsify data. Greiner pointed out that the Climategate emails alone do not provide sufficient proof that the CRU was deliberately tampering with their data. What the Climategate emails do show is that climate scientists may have committed a [[felony]] using government funded money; moreover, within the collection of data and data processing programs revealed from Climategate, code from the CRU shows proof that valid [[temperature station]] readings were taken and skewed to fabricate the results the "scientists" wanted to believe, not what actually occurred.<ref name=codeproof>Robert Greiner. [http://cubeantics.com/2009/12/the-proof-behind-the-cru-climategate-debacle-because-computers-do-lie-when-humans-tell-them-to/ The Proof Behind the CRU Climategate Debacle], ''Cube Antics'', December 03, 2009.</ref> Analysis of the CRU's code revealed the foundation for the manipulated temperature readings. Greiner reiterated his findings:

Climategate shows strong evidence of fraud, and may show smoking-gun proof of a cover-up by CRU scientists to exaggerate the existence, causation, and threat of global warming.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,576009,00.html Climate Skeptics See 'Smoking Gun' in Researchers' Leaked E-Mails], FOXNews.com, November 21, 2009.</ref><ref>Marc Sheppard. [https://www.americanthinker.com/2009/11/the_evidence_of_climate_fraud.html The Evidence of Climate Fraud], ''American Thinker'', November 21, 2009.</ref><ref>Noel Sheppard. [http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2009/11/25/climategate-smoking-gun-american-thinker-does-medias-job ClimateGate Smoking Gun Found, American Thinker Does Media's Job], ''[[NewsBusters]]'', November 25, 2009.</ref> From ''Cube Antics'', by Robert Greiner, who is a scientist and engineer "with an agnostic stand on global warming," he offered a statement about the research methods of the CRU scientists, attempting to show proof that they had the means and intent to falsify data. Greiner pointed out that the Climategate emails alone do not provide sufficient proof that the CRU was deliberately tampering with their data. What the Climategate emails do show is that climate scientists may have committed a [[felony]] using government funded money; moreover, within the collection of data and data processing programs revealed from Climategate, code from the CRU shows proof that valid [[temperature station]] readings were taken and skewed to fabricate the results the "scientists" wanted to believe, not what actually occurred.<ref name=codeproof>Robert Greiner. [http://cubeantics.com/2009/12/the-proof-behind-the-cru-climategate-debacle-because-computers-do-lie-when-humans-tell-them-to/ The Proof Behind the CRU Climategate Debacle], ''Cube Antics'', December 03, 2009.</ref> Analysis of the CRU's code revealed the foundation for the manipulated temperature readings. Greiner reiterated his findings:

{{cquote|First and foremost, this doesn’t necessarily prove anything about global warming as science. It just shows that all of the data that was the chief result of most of the environmental legislation created over the last decade was a farce. This means that all of those billions of dollars we spent as a global community to combat global warming may have been for nothing. If news station anchors and politicians were trained as engineers, they would be able to find real proof and not just speculate about the meaning of emails that only made it appear as if something illegal happened.<ref name=codeproof/>}}

{{cquote|First and foremost, this doesn’t necessarily prove anything about global warming as science. It just shows that all of the data that was the chief result of most of the environmental legislation created over the last decade was a farce. This means that all of those billions of dollars we spent as a global community to combat global warming may have been for nothing. If news station anchors and politicians were trained as engineers, they would be able to find real proof and not just speculate about the meaning of emails that only made it appear as if something illegal happened.<ref name=codeproof/>}}

====Hockey Stick Graph====

====Hockey Stick Graph====

In one Climategate [[e-mail]] dated November 1999, CRU chief P.D. Jones wrote to [[Michael Mann]], Raymond Bradley, and Malcolm Hughes:

In one Climategate [[e-mail]] dated November 1999, CRU chief P.D. Jones wrote to [[Michael Mann]], Raymond Bradley, and Malcolm Hughes:

{{cquote|I've just completed Mike's Nature trick of adding in the real temps to each series for the last 20 years (ie from 1981 onwards) amd from 1961 for Keith's to '''hide the decline'''.<ref>Marc Sheppard. [http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/10/un_climate_reports_they_lie.html UN Climate Reports: They Lie], ''American Thinker'', October 05, 2009.</ref>}}

{{cquote|I've just completed Mike's Nature trick of adding in the real temps to each series for the last 20 years (ie from 1981 onwards) amd from 1961 for Keith's to '''hide the decline'''.<ref>Marc Sheppard. [https://www.americanthinker.com/2009/10/un_climate_reports_they_lie.html UN Climate Reports: They Lie], ''American Thinker'', October 05, 2009.</ref>}}

Michael Mann's [[hockey stick graph]] hid the real declining temperatures and instead showed a [[warming trend]].<ref>[http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/12/12/historical-video-perspective-our-current-unprecedented-global-warming-in-the-context-of-scale/ Historical video perspective: global warming in the context of scale], ''WUWT'', December 12, 2009.</ref> Mann's graph portrayed temperatures as steadily declining since [[Medieval Warm Period|medieval times]] and then sharply rising in the last century and a half. Notably, his reconstruction fueled claims that 1998 and following years had the highest temperatures in 1,000 years. Once it became publicly known that man-made global warming is a hoax, as a direct result of the e-mail discussing a "trick" for adding data to each temperature series for the last 20 years, Climategate motivated the making of a video called, "Hide The Decline."<ref>Derek Erwin. [http://derekerwin.blogspot.com/2009/11/climategate-video-hide-decline.html Video of the Year: 'Hide The Decline' - Climategate], ''A 1-In-100 Blogger'', November 27, 2009.</ref>

Michael Mann's [[hockey stick graph]] hid the real declining temperatures and instead showed a [[warming trend]].<ref>[http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/12/12/historical-video-perspective-our-current-unprecedented-global-warming-in-the-context-of-scale/ Historical video perspective: global warming in the context of scale], ''WUWT'', December 12, 2009.</ref> Mann's graph portrayed temperatures as steadily declining since [[Medieval Warm Period|medieval times]] and then sharply rising in the last century and a half. Notably, his reconstruction fueled claims that 1998 and following years had the highest temperatures in 1,000 years. Once it became publicly known that man-made global warming is a hoax, as a direct result of the e-mail discussing a "trick" for adding data to each temperature series for the last 20 years, Climategate motivated the making of a video called, "Hide The Decline."<ref>Derek Erwin. [http://derekerwin.blogspot.com/2009/11/climategate-video-hide-decline.html Video of the Year: 'Hide The Decline' - Climategate], ''A 1-In-100 Blogger'', November 27, 2009.</ref>

====Videos on Hockey Stick Graph====

====Videos on Hockey Stick Graph====

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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFbUVBYIPlI The Hockey Stick vs. Ice Core Data], the “unprecedented” temperatures of the present day when put in perspective of geologic time.

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFbUVBYIPlI The Hockey Stick vs. Ice Core Data], the “unprecedented” temperatures of the present day when put in perspective of geologic time.

* ''Hi-Definition'': [http://wattsupwiththat.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/noaa_gisp2_icecore_anim_hi-def3.gif Historical perspective slide show (.GIF)], “unprecedented” global warming in the context of scale.

* ''Hi-Definition'': [http://wattsupwiththat.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/noaa_gisp2_icecore_anim_hi-def3.gif Historical perspective slide show (.GIF)], “unprecedented” global warming in the context of scale.

* ''Low-res'': [http://wattsupwiththat.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/noaa_gisp2_icecore_anim3.gif Historical perspective slide show (.GIF)], “unprecedented” global warming in the context of scale.

* ''Low-res'': [http://wattsupwiththat.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/noaa_gisp2_icecore_anim3.gif Historical perspective slide show (.GIF)], “unprecedented” global warming in the context of scale.

===Other Countries Take Notice===

===Other Countries Take Notice===

While U.S. [[Democrats|Democratic]] politicians downplayed the Climategate controversy, and despite the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change scoffing at Climategate by suggesting it provided no basis for questioning the science behind global warming, global reactions from other countries around the world took notice of the scandal. [[Saudi Arabia]] called for an independent investigation into Climategate, warning that the scandal over stolen e-mails threatened to undermine the global-warming negotiations. "The level of confidence is certainty shaken," said the Saudi Arabian negotiator. "We believe this scandal — or what has been referred to as the ‘Climategate’ scandal — we think this is definitely going to affect the nature of what could be trusted in our deliberations."<ref>Lisa Lerer. [http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1209/30291.html Saudi Arabia calls for 'climategate' investigation], ''[[Politico]]'', December 07, 2009.</ref>  

While U.S. [[Democrats|Democratic]] politicians downplayed the Climategate controversy, and despite the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change scoffing at Climategate by suggesting it provided no basis for questioning the science behind global warming, global reactions from other countries around the world took notice of the scandal. [[Saudi Arabia]] called for an independent investigation into Climategate, warning that the scandal over stolen e-mails threatened to undermine the global-warming negotiations. "The level of confidence is certainty shaken," said the Saudi Arabian negotiator. "We believe this scandal — or what has been referred to as the ‘Climategate’ scandal — we think this is definitely going to affect the nature of what could be trusted in our deliberations."<ref>Lisa Lerer. [https://www.politico.com/news/stories/1209/30291.html Saudi Arabia calls for 'climategate' investigation], ''[[Politico]]'', December 07, 2009.</ref>  

[[Australia]] had planned on setting an example to lead in the fight on climate change, to become one of the first countries to install a [[cap and trade]] system. However, [[Liberal Party]] members within Australia’s parliament realized that cap and trade is based on flawed science, and resigned their portfolios rather than voting for an "emissions trading scheme".<ref>Emma Rodgers. [http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/11/26/2754654.htm Senior Liberals Desert Turnbull], ''[[ABC News]]'', November 26, 2009.</ref> According to a report from the ''Hindustan Times'', Environment Minister [[Jairam Ramesh]] believes his country cannot depend solely on reports from the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). [[India]] plans to create its own panel to do an independent analysis of climate change science.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/02/04/india-pull-ipcc-create-independent-climate-panel/ India to Pull Back From IPCC, Create Independent Climate Panel], FOXNews.com, February 04, 2010.</ref>

[[Australia]] had planned on setting an example to lead in the fight on climate change, to become one of the first countries to install a [[cap and trade]] system. However, [[Liberal Party]] members within Australia’s parliament realized that cap and trade is based on flawed science, and resigned their portfolios rather than voting for an "emissions trading scheme".<ref>Emma Rodgers. [http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/11/26/2754654.htm Senior Liberals Desert Turnbull], ''[[ABC News]]'', November 26, 2009.</ref> According to a report from the ''Hindustan Times'', Environment Minister [[Jairam Ramesh]] believes his country cannot depend solely on reports from the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). [[India]] plans to create its own panel to do an independent analysis of climate change science.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/02/04/india-pull-ipcc-create-independent-climate-panel/ India to Pull Back From IPCC, Create Independent Climate Panel], FOXNews.com, February 04, 2010.</ref>

{{cquote|New pictures show that polar bears are beginning to cannibalize each other as global warming destroys its hunting grounds.  The images, taken in Hudson Bay, Canada, around 200 miles north of the town of Churchill, Manitoba, show a male polar bear carrying the bloodied head of a polar bear cub it has killed for food.  Polar bears usually subsist on seals, which they hunt from a platform of sea ice. But the melting of sea ice as a result of rising global temperatures has made it more difficult for polar bears to hunt seals at sea.<ref>Jonathan Liew. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/6760103/Starving-polar-bears-turn-to-cannibalism.html Starving polar bears turn to cannibalism], Telegraph.co.uk, December 08, 2009.</ref>}}

{{cquote|New pictures show that polar bears are beginning to cannibalize each other as global warming destroys its hunting grounds.  The images, taken in Hudson Bay, Canada, around 200 miles north of the town of Churchill, Manitoba, show a male polar bear carrying the bloodied head of a polar bear cub it has killed for food.  Polar bears usually subsist on seals, which they hunt from a platform of sea ice. But the melting of sea ice as a result of rising global temperatures has made it more difficult for polar bears to hunt seals at sea.<ref>Jonathan Liew. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/6760103/Starving-polar-bears-turn-to-cannibalism.html Starving polar bears turn to cannibalism], Telegraph.co.uk, December 08, 2009.</ref>}}

[[Rush Limbaugh]] blasted the Global Warming hoax and commented, "None of this is true" (Dyck, M.G., 2007).<ref>Dyck, M.G. et al., Polar bears of western Hudson Bay and climate change: Are warming spring air temperatures the ‘‘ultimate’’ survival control factor?, Ecol. Complex. (2007), doi:[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecocom.2007.03.002 10.1016/j.ecocom.2007.03.002]</ref> He rebuked the false claims about [[polar bears]] and at the same time pointed out the continuation of fraudulent stories from the media despite Climategate; Limbaugh revealed another hoax blaming a natural event on global warming.  

[[Rush Limbaugh]] blasted the Global Warming hoax and commented, "None of this is true" (Dyck, M.G., 2007).<ref>Dyck, M.G. et al., Polar bears of western Hudson Bay and climate change: Are warming spring air temperatures the ‘‘ultimate’’ survival control factor?, Ecol. Complex. (2007), doi:[https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecocom.2007.03.002 10.1016/j.ecocom.2007.03.002]</ref> He rebuked the false claims about [[polar bears]] and at the same time pointed out the continuation of fraudulent stories from the media despite Climategate; Limbaugh revealed another hoax blaming a natural event on global warming.  

{{cquote|If you know anything about polar bears, you know that there are any number of reasons why polar bears attack each other. But did you know that polar bear males are well known for eating their young if given half a chance?  They do.  The mother, the female polar bear has to protect the cubs from the father and other males.  Polar bears are a vicious species.  They're not this cuddly little old English sheepdog type thing.  People go out on ice floes to study these things, and if they attack they have to shoot them.  They're not at all in any way tame, and they're huge.  They can rip you to shreds inside of five seconds, they wouldn't care, and Reuters would run a picture and blame it all on global warming, not the fact that a polar bear is a polar bear.  Polar bears eat their young, if given half the chance, males do.  So another hoax, 100% total fraud on the second day of Copenhagen.<ref name=climatehoax/>}}

{{cquote|If you know anything about polar bears, you know that there are any number of reasons why polar bears attack each other. But did you know that polar bear males are well known for eating their young if given half a chance?  They do.  The mother, the female polar bear has to protect the cubs from the father and other males.  Polar bears are a vicious species.  They're not this cuddly little old English sheepdog type thing.  People go out on ice floes to study these things, and if they attack they have to shoot them.  They're not at all in any way tame, and they're huge.  They can rip you to shreds inside of five seconds, they wouldn't care, and Reuters would run a picture and blame it all on global warming, not the fact that a polar bear is a polar bear.  Polar bears eat their young, if given half the chance, males do.  So another hoax, 100% total fraud on the second day of Copenhagen.<ref name=climatehoax/>}}

Fourteen days after the story broke worldwide, the Climategate scandal had been mentioned by [[ABC]], [[CBS]] and [[NBC]] a total of '''''zero''''' times. Because the story affected [[Cap and trade]] legislation, the [[White House]], in their daily [[collusion]] with [[liberal media]] sources, may have told news channels to bury the story.<ref>Diane Macedo. [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,578990,00.html Comedy Central Scoops Network News on Climate-Gate Scandal], ''[[Fox News]]'', December 02, 2009.</ref> The Mainstream media began to show consistency in their censorship practices, so much so that [[Glenn Beck]] cited ''NewsBusters'' to "Demonstrate that much as in [the mainstream media's] boycott of the [[ACORN]] scandal and green jobs czar [[Van Jones|Van Jones's]] peculiar associations, the television press are once again hiding important information from the public hoping it will all just go away."<ref name=nbstaff>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb-staff/2009/11/24/glenn-beck-cites-newsbusters-bash-tvs-climategate-boycott Glenn Beck Cites NewsBusters to Bash TV's ClimateGate Boycott], ''[[NewsBusters]]'', November 24, 2009.</ref>  

Fourteen days after the story broke worldwide, the Climategate scandal had been mentioned by [[ABC]], [[CBS]] and [[NBC]] a total of '''''zero''''' times. Because the story affected [[Cap and trade]] legislation, the [[White House]], in their daily [[collusion]] with [[liberal media]] sources, may have told news channels to bury the story.<ref>Diane Macedo. [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,578990,00.html Comedy Central Scoops Network News on Climate-Gate Scandal], ''[[Fox News]]'', December 02, 2009.</ref> The Mainstream media began to show consistency in their censorship practices, so much so that [[Glenn Beck]] cited ''NewsBusters'' to "Demonstrate that much as in [the mainstream media's] boycott of the [[ACORN]] scandal and green jobs czar [[Van Jones|Van Jones's]] peculiar associations, the television press are once again hiding important information from the public hoping it will all just go away."<ref name=nbstaff>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb-staff/2009/11/24/glenn-beck-cites-newsbusters-bash-tvs-climategate-boycott Glenn Beck Cites NewsBusters to Bash TV's ClimateGate Boycott], ''[[NewsBusters]]'', November 24, 2009.</ref>  

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Txh_BXdeWBU ClimateGate... What??], Glenn Beck on ClimateGate censorship.

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Txh_BXdeWBU ClimateGate... What??], Glenn Beck on ClimateGate censorship.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upkO0j3fN9A ClimateGate], Glenn Beck on ClimateGate scandal.

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upkO0j3fN9A ClimateGate], Glenn Beck on ClimateGate scandal.

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===Liberal Media Missed the Mark===

===Liberal Media Missed the Mark===

The first liberal media source to openly discuss Climategate on [[United States|American]] [[television]] was during a segment on [[Comedy Central|Comedy Central's]] ''[[The Daily Show]]'' with [[Jon Stewart]], a slapstick entertainment news program. After more than two weeks had passed since Climategate went public, ''[[CBS News]]'' eventually reported on the scandal.<ref>Kimberly Dozier. [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/12/05/eveningnews/main5908487.shtml "Climate Gate" Casts Cloud on Change Meet], ''[[CBS News]]'', December 5, 2009.</ref><ref>Declan McCullagh. [http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/12/02/taking_liberties/entry5860171.shtml Fallout Over "ClimateGate" Data Leak Grows], ''[[CBS News]]'', December 2, 2009.</ref> ''CBS News'' aired a short video of an interview with Kevin Trenberth. Dr. Trenberth in the past has said this in one of the Climategate e-mails:

The first liberal media source to openly discuss Climategate on [[United States|American]] [[television]] was during a segment on [[Comedy Central|Comedy Central's]] ''[[The Daily Show]]'' with [[Jon Stewart]], a slapstick entertainment news program. After more than two weeks had passed since Climategate went public, ''[[CBS News]]'' eventually reported on the scandal.<ref>Kimberly Dozier. [https://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/12/05/eveningnews/main5908487.shtml "Climate Gate" Casts Cloud on Change Meet], ''[[CBS News]]'', December 5, 2009.</ref><ref>Declan McCullagh. [https://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/12/02/taking_liberties/entry5860171.shtml Fallout Over "ClimateGate" Data Leak Grows], ''[[CBS News]]'', December 2, 2009.</ref> ''CBS News'' aired a short video of an interview with Kevin Trenberth. Dr. Trenberth in the past has said this in one of the Climategate e-mails:

{{cquote|The fact is that we can’t account for the lack of warming at the moment and it is a travesty that we can’t.<ref>[http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/12/06/cbs-finally-reports-on-climategate-dr-trenberth-interviewed/ CBS finally reports on Climategate: Dr. Trenberth interviewed], ''WUWT'', December 06, 2009.</ref>}}  

{{cquote|The fact is that we can’t account for the lack of warming at the moment and it is a travesty that we can’t.<ref>[http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/12/06/cbs-finally-reports-on-climategate-dr-trenberth-interviewed/ CBS finally reports on Climategate: Dr. Trenberth interviewed], ''WUWT'', December 06, 2009.</ref>}}  

== Tidalgate ==

== Tidalgate ==

[[Alarmist]] scientists were caught tampering with raw (unadjusted) data to fake a rise in sea level, according to two [[Australian]] [[scientists]].<ref>James Delingpole. [http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/12/06/tidalgate-climate-alarmists-caught-faking-sea-level-rise/ Tidalgate: Climate Alarmists Caught Faking Sea Level Rise], ''Breitbart'', December 6, 2017.</ref> The scientists exposed how record gatekeepers at the global databank [[Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level]] (PSMSL), at the [[National Oceanography Centre]] in [[Liverpool]], [[England]], "adjusted" the sea level records from three gauges in the [[Indian Ocean]] to fabricate a nonexistent "sharp and dramatic" rise.<ref name=tidalgate>Parker, A. & Ollier, C.D. Earth Syst Environ (2017) 1: 18. [https://doi.org/10.1007/s41748-017-0020-z Is the Sea Level Stable at Aden, Yemen?], ''Earth Systems and Environment'' (Journal no. 41748), December, 2017 (first online: November 6, 2017).</ref> The authors described the measurements from three gauges in the Indian Ocean as "highly questionable" and "suspicious."<ref name=tidalgate/> They revealed how, according to ''No Tricks Zone'', "PSMSL data-adjusters make it appear that stable sea levels [...] look like they are nonetheless rising at an accelerated pace."<ref>Kenneth Richard. [http://notrickszone.com/2017/12/04/whistleblower-scientists-psmsl-data-adjusters-are-manufacturing-sea-level-rise-where-none-exists/#sthash.36S66JGp.qR6KQEqK.dpbs Adjusters Are Manufacturing Sea Level Rise Where None Exists], ‘’NoTricksZone’, December 4, 2017.</ref>

[[Alarmist]] scientists were caught tampering with raw (unadjusted) data to fake a rise in sea level, according to two [[Australian]] [[scientists]].<ref>James Delingpole. [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/12/06/tidalgate-climate-alarmists-caught-faking-sea-level-rise/ Tidalgate: Climate Alarmists Caught Faking Sea Level Rise], ''Breitbart'', December 6, 2017.</ref> The scientists exposed how record gatekeepers at the global databank [[Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level]] (PSMSL), at the [[National Oceanography Centre]] in [[Liverpool]], [[England]], "adjusted" the sea level records from three gauges in the [[Indian Ocean]] to fabricate a nonexistent "sharp and dramatic" rise.<ref name=tidalgate>Parker, A. & Ollier, C.D. Earth Syst Environ (2017) 1: 18. [https://doi.org/10.1007/s41748-017-0020-z Is the Sea Level Stable at Aden, Yemen?], ''Earth Systems and Environment'' (Journal no. 41748), December, 2017 (first online: November 6, 2017).</ref> The authors described the measurements from three gauges in the Indian Ocean as "highly questionable" and "suspicious."<ref name=tidalgate/> They revealed how, according to ''No Tricks Zone'', "PSMSL data-adjusters make it appear that stable sea levels [...] look like they are nonetheless rising at an accelerated pace."<ref>Kenneth Richard. [http://notrickszone.com/2017/12/04/whistleblower-scientists-psmsl-data-adjusters-are-manufacturing-sea-level-rise-where-none-exists/#sthash.36S66JGp.qR6KQEqK.dpbs Adjusters Are Manufacturing Sea Level Rise Where None Exists], ‘’NoTricksZone’, December 4, 2017.</ref>

==Videos==

==Videos==

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAlMomLvu_4&feature=player_embedded Hide The Decline], ''Censoring The Decrease in Global Temperatures''.

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAlMomLvu_4&feature=player_embedded Hide The Decline], ''Censoring The Decrease in Global Temperatures''.

* [http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2010/04/21/youtube-pulls-all-versions-hide-decline-climategate-videos "Hide the Decline II"], the ''No Cap and Trade Coalition'' posted a new version because Michael Mann threatened to sue ''Minnesotans For Global Warming'' for creating the YouTube video 'Hide the Decline'.

* [http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2010/04/21/youtube-pulls-all-versions-hide-decline-climategate-videos "Hide the Decline II"], the ''No Cap and Trade Coalition'' posted a new version because Michael Mann threatened to sue ''Minnesotans For Global Warming'' for creating the YouTube video 'Hide the Decline'.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEZszGJHbK4 The Stroke Of A Pen], Lord [[Christopher Monckton]] closing statement at the Minnesota Free Market Institute.

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEZszGJHbK4 The Stroke Of A Pen], Lord [[Christopher Monckton]] closing statement at the Minnesota Free Market Institute.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmPSUMBrJoI 'The Twelve Days of Global Warming'], satire starring Al Gore.

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmPSUMBrJoI 'The Twelve Days of Global Warming'], satire starring Al Gore.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpQXY4tWaoI It's A Climategate Christmas], satire on Global warming post-ClimateGate.

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpQXY4tWaoI It's A Climategate Christmas], satire on Global warming post-ClimateGate.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF5F6eYho8U Imagine There's No Global Warming], satire of John Lennon's song "Imagine" turned politically incorrect.

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF5F6eYho8U Imagine There's No Global Warming], satire of John Lennon's song "Imagine" turned politically incorrect.

* <span>Global Warming, Or A Lot of Hot Air? ''Fox News'' reporting: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqi7fxERiqk Part 1] - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnCLQIYNYgo Part 2] - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UisVhZHouq4 Part 3] - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1Pj6uWTgXM Part 4] - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWYuZs6Idb8 Part 5] - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BTS3K9DFy0 Part 6]</span>

* <span>Global Warming, Or A Lot of Hot Air? ''Fox News'' reporting: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqi7fxERiqk Part 1] - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnCLQIYNYgo Part 2] - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UisVhZHouq4 Part 3] - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1Pj6uWTgXM Part 4] - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWYuZs6Idb8 Part 5] - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BTS3K9DFy0 Part 6]</span>

==References==

==References==