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http://news.yahoo.com/s/realclearpolitics/20070612/cm_rcp/science_misused_from_the_peace

Which brings me to the furor created when NASA administrator Michael Griffin told National Public Radio he doubted global warming was really a problem. When the politically correct exploded, Mr. Griffin apologized for airing his views, but not for their contents.

Nor should he. It is a matter of faith among the politically correct that the evidence for man-made global warming is so strong there is no longer room for debate. The "evidence" they cite most frequently are the claims of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

But when Lawrence Solomon interviewed two dozen top scientists for a series of articles in Canada's National Post, he learned that "many say their peers generally consider (the IPCC) to have little or no credibility. In one case, a top scientist told me that, to his knowledge, no respected scientist in his field accepts the IPCC position."

When Mr. Solomon asked the UN for a list of the scientists allegedly supporting the IPCC position, he was turned down.

The theory is that carbon dioxide emissions from our factories and automobiles are warming the planet. But the evidence from earlier warmings is that carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere increased after, not before, the warming trend began.

Scientists do science a disservice when they massage evidence to fit politically correct conclusions, or ignore it altogether.