New Batch of Leaked Climate Emails

New submitter kenboldt writes "Someone going by the alias 'foia' has dropped a link to a zip file containing thousands more emails similar to those released in 2009. There are apparently many more which are locked behind a password, presumably waiting to be released at some time in the future." The University of East Anglia has released a brief statement indicating that the emails were probably obtained during the 2009 breach and held back until now as "a carefully-timed attempt to reignite controversy."

Comments

Yeah, sure.

[Kid Zero]

"a carefully-timed attempt to reignite controversy."

No, it's just more confirmation that these guys don't know why things are but are far more concerned that the number deliver the right message. Anything for the religion of Global Warming.

Climate change ceased to be a scientific issue

[Crashmarik]

Long ago, the emails have just demonstrated that the people pushing it understand that perfectly well.

As things stand not one of the models that foretold our doom has held up over time. What we get is every 10 years a new set of predictions and models explaining why the last 20 years models and predictions weren't correct but we are still doomed anyway.

And every time there is evidence that it is just a political con game

http://www.technologyreview.com/Energy/13830/

As the hockey stick was, as the emails demonstrating knowledge of the fraud that was ongoing did you just get the greens closing ranks and hoping if they keep a united front up, the ludites hatred of all things tech, and the political class's willingness to profit from crisis will carry their position forward.

Re:Climate change ceased to be a scientific issue

[sexconker]

The only people that think that the last batch of emails demonstrated any kind of fraud are people who have no fucking clue what the fuck the emails actually said.

Intentionally manipulating data or statistical summaries of data in order to achieve a desired result is the absolute antithesis of science.
The last batch of emails showed this practice is rampant.

Re:Yes it is!

[DrInequality]

Just as the "scientists" who wrote the emails in the first place missed the point of science?

Re:When you're out of rational arguments...

[DrInequality]

I'd go so far as to say it's a religion!

Re:Yes it is!

[Anonymous Coward]

Ooooh, burn! I bet there is some substantial proof behind this comment that he's just waiting to reveal. We await your insider knowledge.

Scientists being jerks isn't anything new, by the way.