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The scandal that the suffix –'''gate''' implies is the state of climate science over the past decade revealed by a thousand emails, documents, and computer code sets between various prominent scientists released following the leaked data from the Climate Research Unit.<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> 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>

The scandal that the suffix –'''gate''' implies is the state of climate science over the past decade revealed by a thousand emails, documents, and computer code sets between various prominent scientists released following the leaked data from the Climate Research Unit.<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> 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>

==Overview==

==Climategate scandal==

On November 19, 2009, climate science was severely shaken by the release of a collection of email messages, together with a collection of data and data processing programs, that were hacked or revealed by a whistle blower from the University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit (CRU), one of the key centers of global warming research.  

On November 19, 2009, climate science was severely shaken by the release of a collection of email messages, together with a collection of data and data processing programs, that were hacked or revealed by a whistle blower from the University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit (CRU), one of the key centers of global warming research. By December 1, 2009, the director of the embattled Climatic Research Unit in the [[United Kingdom]] stepped down pending the investigation into allegations that he overstated the case for man-made climate change.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,578486,00.html Facing Scandal, Head of Climate Research Lab to Temporarily Step Down], [[Fox News]], December 01, 2009.</ref>

==Three takeaways==

==Three takeaways==

According to [[Rush Limbaugh]], another theme of the e-mails that have been released is how people at the Climate Research Unit were constantly trying to "shake down" the oil companies (ie. Exxon, [[Shell]]) for [[money]] and for partnerships. On this reoccurring theme, Limbaugh mentioned the following:

According to [[Rush Limbaugh]], another theme of the e-mails that have been released is how people at the Climate Research Unit were constantly trying to "shake down" the oil companies (ie. Exxon, [[Shell]]) for [[money]] and for partnerships. On this reoccurring theme, Limbaugh mentioned the following:

{{cquote|They talk about it openly, how they're constantly trying to shake down the oil companies.  The only thing man-made about global warming is the theory behind it.  What you are going to do with people who are even willing to lie about the weather?<ref name=cabal/>}}

{{cquote|They talk about it openly, how they're constantly trying to shake down the oil companies.  The only thing man-made about global warming is the theory behind it.  What you are going to do with people who are even willing to lie about the weather?<ref name=cabal/>}}

==Media coverage==

==Media coverage==