Scientists broke the law by hiding climate
change data
Scientists at the University of East Anglia were encouraged to delete
emails concerning claims that man-made emissions were causing global warming
Scientist at the heart of the 'Climategate' email scandal broke the law when
they refused to give raw data to the public, the privacy watchdog has ruled.
The Information Commissioner's office said University of East Anglia
researchers breached the Freedom of Information Act when handling requests
from climate change sceptics.
But the scientists will escape prosecution because the offences took place
more than six months ago.
The revelation comes after a string of embarrassing blunders and gaffes for
climate scientists and will fuel concerns that key researchers are too
secretive and too arrogant.
It will pile pressure on the director of the university's climate change
unit, Professor Phil Jones, who has stood aside while an investigation is
carried out, and make it harder for him to return.
The ruling followed a complaint from retired engineer David Holland-66,
whose Freedom of Information-requests were ignored.
Last night Mr Holland welcomed the watchdog's decision but said it was
disappointing the researchers would not be prosecuted.
'All we are trying to do is make the scientists follow their own
professional rules by being open, transparent and honest,' he said. 'We are
not trying to show that human beings don't affect the climate, but to show
that the science is not settled.'
 The Climategate row broke in November when hundreds of stolen emails from
the world-renowned Climate Research Unit in Norwich were posted online.
The emails appeared to show researchers discussing how to manipulate
historical temperature data and dodge requests under the Freedom of
Information Act.
One request came in 2008 from Mr Holland, a grandfather from Northampton and
an engineering graduate. He was seeking evidence that scientists had
cherry-picked research when preparing the previous year's UN
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report.
Conducting a full inquiry: Liberal Democrat MP Phil Willis
After the request was received, a message from one academic to another on
May 28, 2008, said: 'Oh MAN! Will this c**p never end?' In other emails the
researchers complained that the unit was being bombarded with FOI requests
from sceptics. And in another, researchers appeared to be encouraging each
other to delete emails.
After the emails were published, Mr Holland complained to the Information
Commissioner's Office. An ICO spokesman yesterday confirmed that the UEA
breached the Freedom of Information Act.
He added: 'The emails which are now public reveal that Mr Holland's requests
under the Freedom of Information Act were not dealt with as they should have
been under the legislation.'
Climate change sceptics welcomed the ruling and called for the Climategate
inquiry to be made public. Lord Lawson, head of the Global Warming Policy
Foundation, said it should also investigate whether the CRU denied
opportunities to scientists trying to publish dissenting views.
The IPCC was forced to apologise after wrongly claiming the
Himalayan glaciers could vanish within 25 years. Critics have also accused
it of exaggerating the risk of tropical storms and hurricanes.
Britain's chief scientific advisor, Professor John Beddington, called on climate scientists to be more honest about the
uncertainties of global warming.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1246661/New-scandal-Climate-Gate-scientists-accused-hiding-data-global-warming-sceptics.html
By David Derbyshire
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