Phil Jones Lied – 3 People Died Over Climate Change Hysteria
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–Head of
‘Climategate’
research unit
admits sending
–‘pretty awful
–_emails’ to
–_hide data
By David Derbyshire
_____March 2nd, 2010
DAILYMAIL.CO.UK
Phil Jones admits sending ‘pretty awful emails’
Scientists at the heart of the
Climategate row were yesterday
accused by a leading academic body
of undermining science’s credibility.
The Institute of Physics said
‘worrying implications’ had been
raised after it was revealed the
University of East Anglia had
manipulated data
on global warming.
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The rebuke –
the strongest yet from the
scientific community –
came as Professor Phil Jones,
the researcher at the heart
of the scandal,
told MPs he had written
‘some pretty awful emails’ –
but denied trying to suppress data.
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The Climategate row,
which was first revealed by
the Daily Mail in November,
was triggered when a hacker
stole hundreds of emails sent
from East Anglia’s Climatic
Research Unit.
They revealed scientists plotting
how to avoid responding to
Freedom of Information requests
from climate change sceptics.
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Some even appeared to show
the researchers discussing how
to manipulate raw data from tree
rings about historical temperatures.
In one,
Professor Jones talks about using
a ‘trick’ to massage figures and
‘hide the decline’.
Giving evidence to a Science
and Technology Committee inquiry,
the Institute of Physics said:
‘Unless the disclosed emails are
proved to be forgeries or adaptations,
worrying implications arise for the
integrity of scientific research and
for the credibility of
the scientific method.”
‘The principle that scientists
should be willing to expose their
results to independent testing
and replication by others,
which requires the open
exchange of data,
procedures and materials,
is vital.’
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Last month,
the Information Commissioner
ruled the CRU had broken Freedom
of Information rules by refusing to
hand over raw data.
But yesterday Professor Jones –
in his first public appearance since
the scandal broke –
denied manipulating the figures.
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Looking pale and clasping his
shaking hands in front of him,
he told MPs:
‘I have obviously written
some pretty awful emails.’
He admitted withholding data
about global temperatures but
said the information was publicly
available from American websites.
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And he claimed it was not
‘standard practice‘ to release data
and computer models so other
scientists could check
and challenge research.
‘I don’t think there is anything
in those emails that really supports
any view that I,
or the CRU,
have been trying to pervert the
peer review process in any way,’
he said.
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Professor Jones,
who was forced to stand down
as head of the CRU last year,
also insisted the scientific findings
on climate change were robust.
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Professor Phil Jones LINKS
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