During the Climatic Research Unit email controversy ( also known as " Climategate " ) in 2009 in the lead-up to the Copenhagen Summit on climate change , '' The Washington Times '' wrote in an editorial " these revelations of fudged science should have a cooling effect on global-warming hysteria and the panicked policies that are being pushed forward to address the unproven theory . " Eight committees investigated the controversy , and found no evidence of fraud or scientific misconduct . In 2010 , '' The Washington Times '' published an article claiming that February 2010 snow storms " Undermin e The Case For Global Warming One Flake At A Time " . A 2014 '' Times '' editorial mocked the " global warming scam " and asserted , " The planetary thermometer has n’t budged in 15 years . Wildfires , tornadoes , hurricanes and other ‘ extreme ’ weather events are at normal or below-normal levels . Pacific islands are n’t submerged . There 's so much ice the polar bears are celebrating . " '' The Washington Times '' cited a blog post in support of these claims ; PolitiFact fact-checked the claims in the blog post and concluded it was " pants-on-fire " false . In 2014 , '' The Washington Times '' said that a NASA scientist claimed that global warming was on a " hiatus " and that NASA had found evidence of global cooling ; Rebecca Leber of the '' New Republic '' said that the NASA scientist in question said the opposite of what '' The Washington Times '' claimed . In 2015 , it published a column by Congressman Lamar Smith in which he argued that the work of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration was " not good science , but science fiction . " In 1993 , '' The Washington Times '' published articles purporting to debunk climate change . '' The Washington Times '' headlined its story about the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on climate change , " Under the deal , the use of coal , oil and other fossil fuel in the United States would be cut by more than one-third by 2002 , resulting in lower standards of living for consumers and a long-term reduction in economic growth . " In the 1990s , '' The Washington Times '' published columns which cast doubt on the scientific consensus on the causes of ozone depletion ( which had led to an " ozone hole " ) . It published columns disputing the science as late as 2000 . In 1991 , NASA scientists warned of the potential of a major Arctic ozone hole developing in the spring of 1992 due to elevated levels of chlorine monoxide in the Arctic stratosphere . However , as the Arctic winter was unusually warm , the chemical reactions needed for ozone depletion did not occur . Even though the science was not incorrect , '' The Washington Times ' '' , along with other conservative media , subsequently created a " crying wolf " narrative where scientists were portrayed as political activists who were following an environmental agenda rather than the science . In 1992 , '' The Washington Times '' published an editorial saying , " This is not the disinterested , objective , just-the-facts tone one ordinarily expects from scientists ... This is the cry of the apocalyptic , laying the groundwork for a decidedly non-scientific end : public policy ... it would be nice if the next time NASA cries ' wolf , ' fewer journalists , politicians and citizens heed the warning like sheep . " In 1995 , '' The Washington Times '' published a column by Fred Singer , who is known for promoting views contrary to mainstream science on a number of issues , where Singer referred to the science on the adverse health impact of second-hand smoke as the " second-hand smoke scare " , and accused the Environmental Protection Agency of distorting data when it classified second-hand smoke as harmful . In 1995 , '' The Washington Times '' published an editorial titled " How not to spend science dollars " condemning a grant to the National Cancer Institute to study how political contributions from tobacco companies shape policy-making and the voting behavior of politicians
Climatic Research Unit email controversy
Climatic Research Unit email controversy
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