WarmerGate Fallout: 'I am sick to my stomach': 'As a long time AGW supporter I must say I found the emails very disturbing'

'I feel ashamed for the behavior of our leading scientists – I feel betrayed...at ideology overriding science. Science being bent out of shape to support a hypothesis...We need to acknowledge that wrong was done. We need to replace the tainted leadership'

Monday, November 23, 2009By Marc Morano – Climate Depot

Former believers in the UN and media hyped "consensus" of man-made climate fears are now pausing and reconsidering the "evidence" which "ClimateGate" or "WarmerGate" has exposed.

A posting on the Christian Science Monitor named "Ron" sums up the impact of the scandal that is rocking the United Nation's global warming establishment. These comments may turn out to be the inconvenient sentiment of many.

Full comments reproduced below:

Ron | 11.21.09 - Christian Science Monitor - Comment #8

As a long time AGW supporter I must say I found the emails very disturbing.

I spent hours reading them myself. I don't know if they qualify as “smoking gun” that the AGW science is bust, but I just cannot ignore it.

I feel ashamed for the behavior of our leading scientists. Even more than feeling ashamed – I feel betrayed.

For years I trusted that science will prevail over the unsubstantiated skeptic view. These emails reveal a very disturbing picture of ideology overriding science. Science being bent out of shape to support a hypothesis.

They reveal unbelievable arrogance. These people whom I trusted so much think they are
- above the law (destroying email, refusing FOIA, tax evasion)
- above the data (“hide the decline”, remove the cooling blimp)
- above their peers (get uncomforting journal editors fired, block
skeptic publications)
- above the rest of us (manipulate the message, presentation and media)

I am sick to my stomach. I know there are so many other hard working scientists that have not tainted themselves. But this group – Phil Jones, Ken Briffa, Mike Man, Gavin Schmidt have casted a huge shadow of doubt over the entire field and caused a huge damage to the green movement.

I talked with many of my friends who, like most of us, continue to believe in AGW, and we think that as long as these guys continue to lead the science and the IPCC assessments they will continue to taint all of the good work done by thousands of other scientists.

We need to acknowledge that wrong was done. We need to replace the tainted leadership and continue the research without the air of doubt.

WSJ: ClimateGate tarnishes UN IPCC: Reveals 'questionable scientific practices' -- Attempts 'to present a 'unified' view; 'beef up' conclusions to present a 'big public splash'

Statement by Marc Morano of Climate Depot: 'The ClimateGate scandal exposes man-made global warming fears as quite simply the best science that agenda driven activists can manufacture. Claims that the UN IPCC is the 'gold standard' of scientific research have been forever tarnished.'

The UN's Manufactured Science: UN IPCC Scientist Briffa Admits Obvious: 'I tried hard to balance the needs of the science and the IPCC , which were not always the same'

Wash. Post: Climateate reveals top UN IPCC scientists 'discussing how they can pressure an academic journal not to accept the work of climate skeptics with whom they disagree'

Flashback 2008: Climate Skeptics Reveal 'Horror Stories' of Scientific Suppression

Flashback June 2009: Small sampling of threats, intimidation and censorship of climate skeptics

UN Scientist Dr. John Christy (a climate skeptic) laments 'disturbing level of group think unearthed by ClimateGate

Top UN IPCC Scientist Kevin Trenberth Vindicates Skeptics: 'The fact that we can not account for what is happening in the climate system makes any consideration of geoengineering quite hopeless'