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Fallout From Hacked Climate Change Emails Intensifies

Scientists worry backstabbing could derail emissions agreement

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(Newser) – The planet-sized rift between climate scientists skeptical about man-made global warming and the rest of the field has been getting even wider this week as the fallout from last week's hacked emails continues. Some experts fear that the emails—in which climate scientists insult skeptics and discuss ways to block dissenting points of view—could hurt the chances of an agreement on cutting emissions, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Evidence of efforts to silence opposition is "what everyone feared," one scientist discussed negatively in the emails says. Other scientists say that while the emails will embarrass the scientists involved, they're not a game-changer in the climate debate. "It shows that the process of science is not always pristine," the director of the Yale Project on Climate Change tells Reuters. "But there's no smoking gun in the emails from what I've seen."

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Aviation Maintenance Tech 2 John Ferrari looks out of the back of a Coast Guard C-130 as he surveys the ice off of the coast of Barrow, Alaska, during a surveillance flight to the Arctic.   (AP Photo/Al Grillo)
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tomodachi
Nov 24, 09 9:24 AM CST
This is republican food. Reply
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osu1067
Nov 24, 09 9:28 AM CST
Appropriate timing of the release of these emails since Thanksgiving is just a few days away.......
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insulant_dolphin
Nov 24, 09 9:38 AM CST
oh please tomodachi why must you always waive your banner and point your finger. What proof do you have for that comment? Are you really that narrow minded that you must blame republicans for everything? Your getting as bad a DLY only on the opposite hill. Why not condem the people who are trying to block freedom of speech. To quote the text above "climate scientists insult skeptics and discuss ways to block dissenting point of views". Bad tree huggers!
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tomodachi
Nov 24, 09 9:57 AM CST
quid pro quo... i'll answer your question... but first answer mine: ____________________________________________________ In your opinion... what's the definition of insulant?
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insulant_dolphin
Nov 24, 09 10:10 AM CST
insulant Insulant meaning insulation dolphin is a marine mammal, I am an A/C&R technician in the Navy therefore its a play on words for my job... your turn.
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