"No Evidence Of Any Deliberate Scientific Malpractice"

The British scientists accused of conspiring to manipulate data to prove the importance of human activity in causing climate change have been cleared of wrongdoing for a second time.

Investigators, led by geologist and energy industry veteran Ronald Oxburgh and hired by East Anglia University - the university that housed the scientists' Climate Research Unit - published their report on Wednesday. Its conclusion was clear:

We saw no evidence of any deliberate scientific malpractice. Rather, we found a small group of dedicated, if slightly disorganized, researchers. We found them to be objective and dispassionate and there was no hint of tailoring results to a particular agenda.

The scientists were first cleared of wrongdoing by the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee, and a third investigation, organized by the British police, is expected to end sometime in May.

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