UNBELIEVABLE – AGAIN, ONCE AGAIN, THE LONDON TIMES NAILS IT ON THE GROWING CLIMATE-CHANGE SCANDAL – AT 5:58 P.M. ET:

And, once again, the disgraceful American press remains silent.  We like to think that the British and European media are stuck in political correctness, and many outlets often are.  But the British press in particular, on some issues (only on some), has shown an admirable independence lately.  From The Times:

The chairman of the leading climate change watchdog was informed that claims about melting Himalayan glaciers were false before the Copenhagen summit, The Times has learnt.

Rajendra Pachauri was told that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assessment that the glaciers would disappear by 2035 was wrong, but he waited two months to correct it. He failed to act despite learning that the claim had been refuted by several leading glaciologists.

The IPCC’s report underpinned the proposals at Copenhagen for drastic cuts in global emissions.

Dr Pachauri, who played a leading role at the summit, corrected the error last week after coming under media pressure. He told The Times on January 22 that he had only known about the error for a few days. He said: “I became aware of this when it was reported in the media about ten days ago. Before that, it was really not made known. Nobody brought it to my attention. There were statements, but we never looked at this 2035 number.”

COMMENT:  It turns out he knew last November.  He is the UN's key guy on climate change.  Why does he still have his job?  He has lied, he has deceived.  Fortunately, Copenhagen was a flop, with delegates giving their greatest applause to Hugo Chavez's call for the end of capitalism. 

But the climate-change crowd is still royalty within the Obama administration.  The rising body of evidence against much of the "science" of climate change is ignored.  There are careers to protect, and social goals to achieve. 

The leading Marxist academic of the 1960s, Herbert Marcuse, said that the truth is what supports progressive causes.  We are seeing that played out here.

January 30, 2010