Even if certain or a small group of scientists are being 'scandalous' for whatever reason, that doesn't mean global warming isn't happening, and isn't being caused by humans. This article and the possible facts it points to, in terms of objective reality and why our earth is warming does, not mean anything. It is just another excuse for certain people to continue their personal consumption patterns without personal accountability to a larger whole, a nice paradox when the republican ideal of 'personal responsibility' seems to be so strong. It is easy to espouse 'personal responsibility' when you don't accept any for our Earth dying.
Nice attempt but they are not being "scandalous". They are engaging in completely unethical behaviour as regards the corruption of the peer review process and are actively engaged in fraud as regards their data sets (and this has been shown quite compellingly by the weather stations organisation, to the point the GAO released a report where NOAA has had to articulate exactly how they are going to correct the hundreds of weather stations that are reading faulty data) but a lefty like you will ignore all of that in your efforts to get your sweeping governmental policies enacted.
As far as your other assertion show us one single piece of empirical data that shows man is raising the global temperature. Not a computer model, but empirical data.
Good luck.
Let's get one thing straight: my only allegiance is to the pursuit of truth, not any ideology, especially a superficial political one. human interference with science is not truth, but science is still the greatest and only conduit to truth in our physical universe. I will listen to scientific consensus, which is unbiased, over a republican or a liberal, any day. it just so happens that in this political climate, republicans reject science more often than not, even as part of their social agendas. in this light, they have lose vast amounts of credibility, even in their attempts to undermine science. an article posted on Forbes is not going to change my mind about global warming. Not all scientists are bought, and %90 of them agree that global warming is human-caused. Not only that, but if you look at the data, it is common sense, plus I want people to stop polluting this Earth as if it was our waste bin.
Your "Defender of the Faith" status is duly noted. Consensus science has led many people astray, just look at the MTBE debacle and the billions of dollars in environmental damage and the poisoning of thousands of water wells throughout CA for the most recent example of consensus science run amok.
Also, if the science is so settled why deny dissenting papers? Why go against every rule of science which REQUIRES the asking of those hard questions that you no longer wish to hear?
No, you a a religious fanatic as regards the cult of AGW. No empirical data of any sort exists to support your faith yet you believe and wrap it up in the robes of your high priests who tell you that they are spreading Gods word.
You are a classic example of the denial of real science for the pseudo science of consensus.