Poirot; transparency is the key to science and most things.

AGW has suffered a lack of transparency and frankly the reputation of science has taken a hit.

One of your links refers to Holdren, and he is a case in point; Holdren is the exemplar of science in the US yet he has some extreme views based on rather alarming ideology. For instance In their 1977 book, Ecoscience, Holdren and his mentor, Ehrlich advocated forced abortions and community sterilisation. They also supported a world superagency for control of population and the environment. This idea has underpinned the United Nations approach to AGW and was central to the Copenhagen process with the Framework Convention on Climate Change [UNFCCC] solution to AGW based on the UN having governmental status and powers.

Science can be corrupted in 2 ways; firstly in the usual mundane way through money and secondly, and more profoundly, through ideology, Noble Cause Corruption, where the scientist distorts his science to fit his moral perspective.

Both sorts of corruption thrive in a lack of transparency and accountability. And both should be resisted.

cohenite,

"Transparency is the key to science and most things".

Agree.

What then can we make of this?

http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2013/04/canada-investigates-silenced-muzzled-scientists

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22005706

Of course it would have nothing to do with the Harper government, big business, oil sands and Keystone.

Diabolical.

Poirot, I agree; now in the interests of balance please provide some examples of how governments have censored sceptics of AGW and renewable energy.

There are plenty.

pffft

Poor Q&A, like his namesake, suffers from wind.

pffft

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Antonyms: togetherness

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My take Mr Cox?

I don't care ... your are full of it, literally and figuratively.