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Scientists Step Down After CRU Hack Fallout

Posted by timothy on from the pure-indignation dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In the wake of the recent release of thousands of private files and emails after a server of the Climate Research Unit of the University of East Anglia was hacked, Prof. Phil Jones is stepping down as head of the CRU. Prof. Michael Mann, another prominent climate scientist, is also under inquiry by Penn State University."

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  1. Re:Ha! That'll show them hippies! by qmaqdk · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Phil Jones, the man who just stepped down has received $22.6 million in grants since 1990....

    Research being the operative word. Or did you think he just pocketed what money?

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