GOP chair says report vindicates probe into climate study

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Source: The Hill

The chairman of the House Science Committee is hailing a new report in a British newspaper as vindication of his probe into a major federal climate study.

In a weekend report from the Daily Mail, a former National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) researcher outlined concerns he has about the data underpinning a major 2015 federal study refuting a potential pause in the rate of warming around the globe.

Dr. John Bates told the Daily Mail that the study — called the “Karl study,” after its lead author — was rushed out so as to have an impact on international climate negotiations. He also questioned the quality of the data used to reach the conclusions in the report.

Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), the House Science Committee chairman who was butted heads with NOAA and other federal scientists over climate issues, said Bates’s statements justify the probe he has launched into the study.

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Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/318131-gop-chair-says-report-vindicates-probe-into-climate-study

[Javaman]

1. the daily fail, I mean mail. Yeah, real credible source they got there.

[Thor_MN]

2. The Shill and the Daily Fail?

Need I say fake news?

[msongs]

3. if it aint in the bible it aint real science nt

[Jimbo101]

4. U.S. House Committee on Science, Space and Technology ...

[burrowowl]

5. Dog help us!

[Denzil_DC]

6. Rebuttal from LSE blog:

More fake news in 'The Mail on Sunday'

An attack by the 'The Mail on Sunday' on the accuracy and integrity of a recent paper on global warming is based on inaccurate and misleading claims, including a fake graph.

The article by David Rose appears in the 5 February issue of the newspaper under the headline 'Exposed: How world leaders were duped over global warming'. The article was first published on the newspaper's website on 4 February.

The article makes a number of extraordinary claims about a paper by Dr Thomas Karl, a climate scientist formerly employed by the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and colleagues, which was published in June 2015.

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However, the article by David Rose in 'The Mail on Sunday' contains many demonstrably false statements and misrepresentations about the paper by Dr Karl and co-authors.

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http://www.lse.ac.uk/GranthamInstitute/news/more-fake-news-in-the-mail-on-sunday/

[Sunlei]

7. None of these Republicans work.