"Amendment to NASA Bill Seeks to Ensure Climate Data Integrity after Climategate"
"Washington, D.C. –The House Science and Technology Committee today required NASA to provide more details on how much of its temperature record overlaps with data collected from the University of East Anglia’s (UEA) Climatic Research Unit (CRU), the research body at the center of the ongoing Climategate scandal.
Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., sponsor of the amendment to NASA authorization legislation (HR 5781), said the measure is needed to ensure the integrity of the agency’s temperature data following the scandal.
“Climategate revealed a pattern of suppression, manipulation and obstruction that pushed climate science towards predetermined outcomes in order to promote hysteria and, in my opinion, justify a heavy-handed regulatory response,” said Sensenbrenner, ranking Republican on the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming.
“I think it is important that we clear the air on whether NASA records ended up being polluted as a result of the scandal.”
The amendment requires NASA to report to Congress on “the extent and degree to which NASA’s temperature records overlap with the records at the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia, the reasons for and sources of that overlap, and the possibility that NASA’s temperature records have been compromised.” It was approved by voice vote ... "
Wonderful News!
Posted by: yaosxx | July 23, 2010 at 09:42 AM
Yippee!
Posted by: Mark Demmen | July 23, 2010 at 09:44 AM
Good. As a junior partner of the US, we should follow suit and dump all similar plans.
Posted by: Denis Cooper | July 23, 2010 at 10:36 AM
A related news item:
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/07/22/while-cap-and-trade-dies-nasa-giss-gets-a-congressional-amendment/#more-22377
"Amendment to NASA Bill Seeks to Ensure Climate Data Integrity after Climategate"
"Washington, D.C. –The House Science and Technology Committee today required NASA to provide more details on how much of its temperature record overlaps with data collected from the University of East Anglia’s (UEA) Climatic Research Unit (CRU), the research body at the center of the ongoing Climategate scandal.
Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., sponsor of the amendment to NASA authorization legislation (HR 5781), said the measure is needed to ensure the integrity of the agency’s temperature data following the scandal.
“Climategate revealed a pattern of suppression, manipulation and obstruction that pushed climate science towards predetermined outcomes in order to promote hysteria and, in my opinion, justify a heavy-handed regulatory response,” said Sensenbrenner, ranking Republican on the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming.
“I think it is important that we clear the air on whether NASA records ended up being polluted as a result of the scandal.”
The amendment requires NASA to report to Congress on “the extent and degree to which NASA’s temperature records overlap with the records at the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia, the reasons for and sources of that overlap, and the possibility that NASA’s temperature records have been compromised.” It was approved by voice vote ... "
Posted by: Denis Cooper | July 23, 2010 at 11:47 AM
and BP paid so much into campaign funds and lobbying to get "Cap and Trade" through......Beyond petroleum indeed !
Posted by: TomTom | July 23, 2010 at 07:56 PM