The truth is that the e-mails, while unseemly, do little to change the
overwhelming scientific consensus on the reality of man-made climate change. But
they do hand a powerful political card to skeptics at the start of perhaps the
most important environmental summit in history.[...]
"The content of the stolen e-mails has no impact whatsoever on our overall
understanding that human activity is driving dangerous levels of global
warming," wrote 25 leading U.S. scientists in a letter to Congress on Dec. 4.
"The body of evidence that underlies our understanding of human-caused global
warming remains robust."
What I will never understand is how deniers like Tom Coburn see liberals embracing science as actually masking an ulterior motive. Denying it is one thing but where does the conspiracy part come in? I guess it fits in with big government paranoia; they figure it's just another way for Big Brother to get in the way of freedom and tax cuts for Jesus. But there's absolutely zero political benefit in Democrats embracing dirty hippies and trying to curb pollution.
