{"id":241757,"date":"2010-01-28T11:08:37","date_gmt":"2010-01-28T16:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nw0.eu\/?p=5603"},"modified":"2010-01-28T11:08:37","modified_gmt":"2010-01-28T16:08:37","slug":"%e2%80%98climategate%e2%80%99-scandal-scientists-broke-the-law-by-hiding-data-from-global-warming-sceptics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/241757","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Climategate\u2019 scandal scientists broke the law by hiding data from global warming sceptics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kate Loveys<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-1246661\/New-scandal-Climate-Gate-scientists-accused-hiding-data-global-warming-sceptics.html\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nw0.eu\/tag\/uk\" class=\"st_tag internal_tag\" rel=\"tag nofollow\" title=\"Posts tagged with uk\">UK<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/nw0.eu\/tag\/daily-mail\" class=\"st_tag internal_tag\" rel=\"tag nofollow\" title=\"Posts tagged with daily mail\">Daily Mail<\/a><\/a><br \/>\nThursday, January 28th, 2010<\/p>\n<p>The scientific unit at the heart of the <a href=\"http:\/\/nw0.eu\/tag\/climate-change\" class=\"st_tag internal_tag\" rel=\"tag nofollow\" title=\"Posts tagged with climate change\">climate change<\/a> emails scandal broke the law by hiding data from sceptics.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers at the <a href=\"http:\/\/nw0.eu\/tag\/university-of-east-anglia\" class=\"st_tag internal_tag\" rel=\"tag nofollow\" title=\"Posts tagged with university of east anglia\">University of East Anglia<\/a> breached the <a href=\"http:\/\/nw0.eu\/tag\/freedom-of-information-act\" class=\"st_tag internal_tag\" rel=\"tag nofollow\" title=\"Posts tagged with freedom of information act\">Freedom of Information Act<\/a> by refusing to comply with requests for the data.<\/p>\n<p>The decision by the Information Commissioner\u2019s Office comes months after controversial emails from the university\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/nw0.eu\/tag\/climatic-research-unit\" class=\"st_tag internal_tag\" rel=\"tag nofollow\" title=\"Posts tagged with climatic research unit\">Climatic Research Unit<\/a>, a global leader in its field, were released on to the <a href=\"http:\/\/nw0.eu\/tag\/internet\" class=\"st_tag internal_tag\" rel=\"tag nofollow\" title=\"Posts tagged with internet\">internet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In one email the head of the unit, Professor Phil Jones, asked a colleague to delete emails relating to a report by the UN\u2019s Intergovernmental Panel on <a href=\"http:\/\/nw0.eu\/tag\/climate-change\" class=\"st_tag internal_tag\" rel=\"tag nofollow\" title=\"Posts tagged with climate change\">Climate Change<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In another message, Professor Jones told how he had persuaded the university to ignore Freedom of Information requests from sceptics.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-1246661\/New-scandal-Climate-Gate-scientists-accused-hiding-data-global-warming-sceptics.html\" >Full article here<\/a><span 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