Just a note to let everyone know that the Parliamentary inquiry into Climategate has produced the final report and that I have an advance copy, which is embargoed until 5:01PM PDT (00:01 GMT).
I’ll be posting it then, be sure to check in.
There are some wins in it, and there are some disappointments too. I’ll also provide links to other analysis and commentary that arises after the embargo lifts.
Layman readers should bear in mind that this report comes from a bunch of policy wonks, so there’s that sort of flavor to it. OTOH, they seem to have done a better than usual job of trying to communicate their findings.
Unfortunately, the inquiry failed to interview key people, such as Steve McIntyre, and for that they deserve an earful IMHO.
In the meantime, Mike Haesler points out in comments that the Irish Times apparently didn’t wait for the embargo to lift:
Climate unit criticised for stonewalling sceptics
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/0330/breaking78.html
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Two hours , twenty min. to go . I suspect a qualified exoneration for most of the research coupled with a bit of a chiding for the boys over the FOI thing .
Then I’d best eat my sweet & sour pork now so that I don’t get indigestion when reading it in a couple hours.
It strikes me as very odd to have a government report have an embargo lift date/time on it like it was a video card review or something!
And even if the embargo was to help the British press not get scooped by the American press (which I could imagine the British press lobbying for), you wouldn’t think that expiry time would do them much good!
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It’s a whitewash
As predicted the Science and Technology committee has come out with the expected whitewash.
Scientists at a leading British climate research centre had a culture of withholding information from global warming sceptics but did not deliberately manipulate data to support their case, politicians said today.
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/0330/breaking78.html
Whitewash as expected.
I’ve already posted at Bishop Hill. Predicted result but still upsetting.
There was a time, not so long ago, that one had a certain respect for inquiries instigated by the ‘Mother of Parliaments’. How sad.
On a brighter note, the ‘scientific’ inquiry, impartial and fair, will reveal all !
“Erroneous data?”
Sigh… yeah, “what we observe and measure is obviously incorrect because it does not fit our theory, which everybody else agrees must be right.”
Mark
As expected. A slap on the wrist…
Well: Take the wins (however many or few), and do indeed not hesitate to comment on the disappointments.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch on THIS side of the Big Pond:
It will be interesting to see if what emminently deserves a Congressional Inquiry gets one; while the (D)s are still in charge in D.C.
I am of course referring to this, just up on FoxNews:
”NASA Data Worse Than Climate-Gate Data, Space Agency Admits.”
Full article at:
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/03/30/nasa-data-worse-than-climategate-data/
See also good one at Pajamas Media:
”Three of the Four Temperature Datasets Now Irrevocably Tainted.”
Read it all:
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/climategate-three-of-the-four-temperature-datasets-now-irrevocably-tainted/
Hats off to Chris Horner at CEI for his FOIA work on this;
and kudos (again) to Joe D’Aleo and Anthony; who are prominently mentioned in the above pieces; and are clearly becoming reliable and recognized ”go-to sources” for technical expertise in this area.
I hear the sound of more dominos falling; faster and faster. . . .
Make it so. . . .
Yep.
Whitewash.
T minus 102 minutes and counting.
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Can you tell us if you were given an advance copy due to your position as ‘media’ outlet or did you have to depend on someone leaking it to you?
Looks like they took the CRU interpretations of “hide the decline ” and “trick” at face value. No wonder they conclude the science was not faulty in any sense! I cannot see how the “hide the decline” is a valid comment in the context. If you use tree ring data for hundreds of years and then when it does not suit your purpose yu exchange it for a different temperature measurement then how can you have any faith in what the tree rings tell you for the times when you are happy to use it. Yet that does not undermine their science????
I get a lot of stick from some people at my school where i stick up articles that question AGW. Probably because my school is based in Norwich, UK 🙂 I must say that the Climategate event has made some more willing to question. I fear this will be seen as legitimising the most alarmist claims once again.
“Hiding the decline” was not underhanded (according to the Irish Times report)?
RLY?
If that same “technique” was used in medical research people would probably go to jail for it but when it comes to public policy issues impacting trillions of dollars and global living standards it’s OK?
Ridiculous 🙁
If The Irish Times said the truth it would be a waste of my time to read the report – everyone was clear, everything was OK, and the CRU is as clear as crystal, together with its Head – Mr. Jones, who commited rather miner demeanour not wanting to show the data. Eh… another information noise, and not a report in my opinion.
Regards
White wash with Embargoe Headline spin.
I wonder what energy rating that washing machine Committee has.
Anything short of removing funding for CRU and accreditation for UEA is a travesty.
I expect them to find a whole bunch of stuff, and do absolutely nothing about it.
Why am I NOT surprised?
“Hide the decline” was not an attempt to conceal data but was scientific shorthand for discarding erroneous data, the committee concluded. Similarly, Jones intended “trick” to mean a neat way of handling evidence, rather than anything underhanded.
A neat way to cherry pick data.
AlGW says, It’s a snowjob.
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“Fierce Winter Storm in Scotland Continues”
“Snow continues to pile up and disrupt travel across the mountains of the Northwest and California.”
http://www.accuweather.com/news.asp
It sounds like a white wash. Not surprising. Most governments have swallowed the AGW hook, whole for one reason: it justifies tax increases.
I see no reason to doubt the Irish Times . Sounds as though Parliament has issued a CYA – after all they’re in enough trouble as it is . Finding that they have been funding bogus science and ruining their country’s economy in the process would not go over well .
Only one hour to go…