Barack Obama’s new climate chief accused of suppressing climate data

  Thomas Karl, the head of the Commerce Department’s new climate change division, has been accused of suppressing global warming data. His name appeared numerous times in the now infamous Climategate emails although he was not implicated in the emails as being a participant in the scandal.

  While he has not been implicated directly in this Climategate scandal’s emails, he has been accused of suppressing global warming data:

Roger Pielke Sr., a climatologist affiliated with the University of Colorado who has crossed horns with Karl in the past, says his appointment was a mistake. He accused Karl of suppressing data he submitted for the IPCC’s most recent report on climate change and having a very narrow view of its causes. 

  The interesting fact about Pielke is, he is also a global warming alarmist, but he believes there is more to the planet’s warming problem than just man-made issues. He quit the IPCC after his report was not used– the IPCC ignored his data.

  This is just the kind of person that Barack Obama wants to head a global warming committee. Barack Obama will push forward on cap and trade legislation regardless of all the controversy surrounding the issue, and the fact that a man who has been accused of suppressing global warming data is now the head of a brand new climate panel should be of no surprise to anyone.