Sen.
James M. Inhofe (R-OK), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment
and Public Works, today sent letters to several scientists, some of whom
allegedly manipulated data to prove the scientific "consensus" of
global warming, as well as to the inspectors general of several federal
agencies, notifying them to retain documents related to the release of emails
from the Hadley Center's Climate Research Unit. He also stated in a press
release:
The stakes in this controversy are significant, as it
appears that the basis of federal programs, pending EPA rulemakings, and
cap-and-trade legislation was contrived and fabricated. Moreover, it appears
that, in an attempt to conceal the manipulation of climate data, information
disclosure laws may have been violated.
I certainly don't condone the manner
in which these emails were released; however, now that they are in the public
domain, lawmakers have an obligation to determine the extent to which the
so-called ‘consensus' of global warming, formed with billions of taxpayer
dollars, was contrived in the biased minds of the world's leading climate
scientists.
The letters are the first
step in the investigation of the