Futurism: Demanding Climate Data is Evil

According to Futurism author Lou Del Bello, demanding the data used in climate studies is evil because it leaves climate scientists open to having their work challenged.

Science is all about having your work reviewed, replicated, and challenged.

This is especially true when the government spends billions on AGW research and then passes trillions of taxpayer spending initiatives.

Scott Pruitt’s Latest EPA Gambit Is As Clever As It Is Evil

Lou Del Bello

The more information, the better, right? Except when it’s not. Like when it’s just a tactic weaponized to obscure the truth. And now environmental science is about to be on the losing side of that strategy from the American Government.

Case in point: The Environmental Protection Agency may release the raw data behind every study it carries out. It’s hard to imagine this asanythingbut a good thing! But, believe it: Former EPA employees and scientists say the effort’s a ruse, and what appears to be a push toward openness is just another way to stifle science.

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Betsy Southerland, a former EPA official, explained to E&E how releasing raw data leaves scientistsopen to attacks from industry lobbieswho may try to distort information in their own favor.

Moreover, requiring the agency to only base new laws on studies with public,reproducibledata would prevent a lot of important research from informing policy making.

That word, “reproducible,” is key. Think of the investigation of the health damages suffered by the Hiroshima survivors, or the environmental impact studies following the BP PLC Gulf ofMexico oil spill: These are events whose baseline conditions can’t be replicated, but are important to science and policy-making alike.

Besides, they say, a process of check and balances is already at the heart of any solid scientific study — it’s called peer review. We want independent experts to assess the value of a particular study, because they have the specific skills required to do so.

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