In the same speech in which he warned of the military-industrial complex, Eisenhower also warned of the combination of Big Government and Big Science. Here we see why.
1. Where are the scientific equipment calibration certification documents for each and every sensor used to derive said numbers over the time span of the collection sampling?
2. Are all the calibration certifications verifiable and not possible to be altered by any source once the certifications are sealed?
3. For the data from these calibrated sensors, demonstrate the chain of custody that is unalterable from the sensor, its time and date, to the output final documents (charts, graphs, tables). The data must be verifiable as unchanged, accurate and true by any and all that investigate the data. This includes surprise inspections.
If workers are required to work under these condition inside a nuke plant (and they are) why should data that supposedly affects the entire Earth in one way or another not be held to the same scrutiny?
Yes, I do believe people will lie, cheat, steal do whatever they can to advance their religion. It is normal human nature to resort to hysterics, exaggeration, embellishments if they sense opposition to their god or ego feeding trough.