Senator James Inhofe has asked the Obama administration to investigate what he calls “the greatest scientific scandal of our generation”: Climategate, and the subsequent admissions by the editors of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report (AR4).
He is calling for Al Gore to be called back to the Senate to testify:
“In [Gore’s] science fiction movie, every assertion has been rebutted,” Inhofe said. He believes Vice President Gore should defend himself and his movie before Congress.
Just prior to a hearing at 10:00 a.m. EST, Senator Inhofe released a minority staff report from the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, of which he is ranking member. Senator Inhofe is asking the Department of Justice to investigate whether there has been research misconduct or criminal actions by the scientists involved, including Dr. Michael Mann of Pennsylvania State University and Dr. James Hansen of Columbia University and the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies.
He appeared on The Neil Cavuto Show, yesterday to address these issues, and proposed that he be stripped of the Nobel Peace Prize:
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