Congressman demands climate study documents as scientists warn of ‘chilling effect’

Washington Post ^ | November 6, 2015 | Lisa Rein

[detective]

A nasty fight between a senior House Republican and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration over a recent climate change study is getting nastier.

The country's chief society of meteorologists weighed in this week with a letter to Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Tex.), warning the prominent congressional skeptic on climate change that his demands for internal communications and documents from NOAA "can be viewed as a form of intimidation" that could thwart federally funded research.

[detective]

NOAA issues climate change "studies" based on fraudulent data. NOAA "studies" are paid for with taxpayer dollars yet they refuse to provide any of the backup or support behind the so called "studies". Congress expressed "serious concerns” about the role that NOAA officials, including the agency's political appointees, may have had “in the decision to adjust the temperature data and widely publicize conclusions based on those adjustments."

When Congress asks to see the backup and supporting documents NOAA throws a hissy fit.

They called it "intimidation" and said it "imposes a chilling effect" on NOAA employees.

[DaxtonBrown]

NOAA can keep it all confidential, but Exxon is supposed to divulge all to New York??

[Proud2BeRight]

They need some time to delete emails.

[M Kehoe]

“that could thwart federally funded research.”

Good.

5.56mm

[butlerweave]

What’s the point of releasing a pile of Blank Paper ?

[dhs12345]

Lol.

[Lake Living]

As Rush stated the other day, “Why are liberals upset when it turns out that the earth isn’t getting warmer?” Of course we all know the answer.

[txrefugee]

The chilling effect and intimidation happened this week when NewYork announced it is investigating ConocoPhillips for not rubber stamping the government’’s fraudulent climate change data. All gas and oil pipelines to NY should be cut off this winter so these extortionists would not need to worry about warming.

[tacticalogic]

The hard drives are crashing even as we speak.

[Fledermaus]

FU NOAA, you work for US and Congress has oversight powers, granted by the Constutition, to check and balance your administrative jobs.

STUFF IT CLIMATE CHANGE LIARS!

[Texan5]

Good-chill the NOAA employees and cut off all their money until they cough up all the documents asked for-then ask for more documents...

[Fledermaus]

I’d do it if I were the supplier. Works for Putin in Europe! lol

[webheart]

All Federal funding has to be appropriated by Congress. They seem to think they are entitled to it. This is the problem with running the government through continuing resolutions and stimulus bills and quantitative easing. Congress loses the power over the purse strings.

[Lake Living]

There will be no accountability for anything with the current justice department and their Liar in Chief, Obama. And... if we have another Dem administration then we will have totally lost our national sovereignty.

[b4its2late]

You got that right.

[11th Commandment]

Fiscal year 2015 discretionary budget request for NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, totals $5.5 billion. This is $174 million over the 2014 enacted budget, an increase of 3.2 percent.

[WayneS]

If the conclusions reached by federally funded research are fiction, then I am 100% in favor of said research being thwarted.

What are they afraid of, anyway? If they cannot defend their research methodology and/or their conclusions, then they are unworthy of the title “scientist”.

[JimRed]

If they’re honest, what’ve they got to hide?

[ripley]

When are these punks going to go away?

Just asking.

IMHO

[rbg81]

You mean like the chilling effect when Global Warming skeptics are labeled knuckle dragging, anti-science “deniers” and demonized?