On the recordDecember 14, 2011
That is why we go on to the National Science Foundation, which found no direct evidence of research misconduct and therefore said, ``We are closing this investigation with no further action.'' Parliament looked into it as well, because the university was in Great Britain. And the House of Commons did an investigation. The Commons' investigation concluded that the challenged actions by Professor Jones and others ``were in line with common practice in the climate science community.'' They went on to say: Insofar as we have been able to consider accusations of dishonesty, we consider that there is no case to answer. No case to answer. Finally, they said: We have found no reason in this unfortunate episode to challenge the scientific consensus as expressed by Professor Bennington that ``global warming is happening and that it is induced by human activity.'' So the studies that looked at whether the climate science was phony or whether the climategate scandal was phony have all come down supporting the science and pointing out that climategate should properly be known as climategate-gate because it was the scandal that was phony.
