A firestorm of controversy has recently erupted online about a
reported attempt to develop climate change educational materials
for the K-12 classroom which intentionally emphasize uncertainty
about whether climate is changing, sowing doubt in order to
change the way educators teach about this important topic. The
organization in question has issued a press release stating that
some of their internal documents were stolen. They also
suggested that one document attributed to them was fake, and
that other documents may have been altered. Since then, the
person making the original post has apologized for a serious
lapse in judgment, in that he apparently misrepresented himself
to the organization in order to get copies of their internal
documents, which the organization provided to him. Several
articles have pointed out the parallel with the experience a few
years ago in “Climate-Gate”, in which thousands of scientists’
emails were stolen. After much examination and many inquiries by
numerous scientific bodies,