"Here we go again. Once more on the eve of a major United Nations negotiating session on climate change, an anonymous commenter has posted thousands of emails between scientists online. Climate change critics have already latched onto the emails as "Climategate 2.0." Much like the first iteration of the manufactured controversy, the commenter released the emails with a selection of short, out-of-context quotes designed to make scientists look nefarious."
"The latest release includes 5,000 additional emails, and the poster claims to have another 220,000 on a private site that he or she does not intend to release. The poster again goes by the handle 'FOIA,' as was used when the first round of emails was released in November 2009.
Several of the scientists who wrote the emails have confirmed that the latest batch is legitimate. Officials at the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom has already posted a statement, indicating that what they have read so far appear to be actual emails, and that they believe these are additional emails acquired at the same time as the initial theft.
Many are speculating that the release was intended to derail the upcoming climate talks in Durban, South Africa -- which would be true, if anyone were paying attention to them in the first place"
Kate Sheppard reports for Mother Jones November 22, 2011.
SEE ALSO:
"Climategate 2.0: Have Journalists Learned Their Lesson?" (Think Progress Green)
"Fresh Round of Hacked Climate Science Emails Leaked Online" (Guardian)
"'New Release' of Climate Emails" (BBC)
"Climategate 2: More Ado About Nothing. Again." (Discover)
"University Hit by New Climate Leak Ahead of Talks" (Associated Press)
"New Trove of Stolen E-Mails From Climate Scientists Is Released" (New York Times)
"ClimateGate 2.0: 5,000 New Emails Confirm Pattern of Deception and Collusion by Alarmists" (NewsBusters)
"Climategate 2: A Weak Sequel" (Ecocentric/TIME)
"'Climate-Gate' Resurfaces With a New Round of E-Mails" (Washington Post)
"Climate Emails: Storm Or Yawn?" (BBC/Richard Black)
"Climategate II: 5000+ New Emails Released Sparking Climate Conspiracy Despite Evidence" (Crikey)
"U.K. University Condemns 'Climategate' E-Mail Release" (Reuters)
"Climategate 2.0? New Emails Hacked -- Pay No Attention to the Energy Industry Behind the Curtain" (HuffPo/Shawn Otto)
"Climategate 2: Hacked Emails Released" (New Scientist)
"Climategate 2.0: Do new emails undermine global warming science?" (Capital Weather Gang/Wash Post/Jason Samenow)
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