It may not have started, but was certainly spurred on when, man, bear, pig -algore, made a fortune, received a Nobel Prize, and Oscar and who knows what else, for preaching Globull Warming. There's big bucks to be made and like all liberal agendas, they NEVER let the facts stand in their way.
Many of us predicted that government funding would turn “science” into a profession of whores.
In addition “top secret” projects hinder open communication in the sciences—dooming them to conventional thinking long after secret breakthroughs have been made that make public science a generation behind current advances.