24 July 2005

Global warming witch hunt

From the Washington Post:
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[House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Joe Barton (R-Tex.), who] rejects the existence of climate change, demanded personal and private information last month from researchers whose work supports a contrary conclusion. The scientists, co-authors of an influential 1999 study showing a dramatic increase in global warming over the past millennium, were told to hand over not only raw data but personal financial information, information on grants received and distributed, and computer codes.
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In other words, toe the party line or have your life turned upside down.

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