By Jeremy A. Kaplan, FoxNews.com
Michael Mann, the author of a notorious scientific study that is a tent pole of global warming public policy, has been found innocent of charges of improper conduct.
Once again.
Mann's seminal work was a 1998 climate study that showed a sharp, hockey-stick-shaped increase in the world's temperatures based on an analysis of age rings in trees. Despite ongoing criticism, the study formed the backbone of global warming theories -- until leaked e-mails from top climate scientists cast fresh doubt on Mann's methodology and integrity, notably "the trick" he used to make his data so compelling.
A group of six of Mann's Penn State colleagues found him innocent of 3 out of 4 charges on February 3, but the investigative panel requested a deeper, more thorough look into whether his conduct deviated from standard scientific practice.
So the panel asked Mann five questions, spoke with his boss, and interviewed three other climate scientists. Case closed.
Rest of the article.
Wow! What a shock, Elmer. A panel of "academics" investigated their colleague, Michael Mann, and "determined that there is no substance to the allegation against Dr. Michael E. Mann." That should be good enough for all us morons out here who think that "hiding the decline" is a serious breach of research protocol - no make that a blatant lie by a so-called scientist who has a personal agenda.
So this is what devolution looks like.