"'...has, in fact, been as fast or faster than that seen over the last half of the 20th century,' Karl, who was at the time director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Nation Centers for Environmental Information, said at the time. 
"The report argued that evidence show there was no 'hiatus' in rising global temperatures and that they had been increasing in the 21 st century just as quickly as in the last half of the 20th century.

"Rep. L. Smith, R-tx, c/m of the House Science Comm., questioned the timing, noting the paper was published just before the Obama Adm.'s Clean Power Plan was submitted to the Paris Climate Conference of 2015. 

"In the summer of 2015, whistleblowers alerted the Committee that Karl study was rushed to publication before underlying data issues were resolved to help influence public debate about the so-called Clean Power Plan and upcoming Paris climate conf.

"Karl denied the paper was released to boost the plan"

Scientist lie. google it.