ClimateGate: 30 years in the making

From JoNova comes Mohib Ebrahim's neat timeline documenting events leading up to ClimateGate.
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Some samples:

NEWSWEEK 28.Apr.1975: The Cooling World - "Almost unanimous the trend will reduce agricultural productivity for the rest of the century." [3]

1976 James Hansen publishes a paper on anthropogenic greenhouse gases

FEB 1979 -- First World Climate Conference organised by the World Meteorological Organisation

Aug 21, 1981 NEW YORK TIMES: Global warming makes the front page following Hansen sending them a copy of his paper, "Climate Impact of Increasing Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide". Many scientists were critical of the approach taken by Hansen and others for damaging the integrity of science.

Oct 9, 1985 IPCC Conceived

Jun 1988 Hansen makes his famous ... appearance before a Congressional committee. Afterwards [he] tells journalists that it was time to “stop waffling, and that the evidence is pretty strong that the greenhouse effect is here”. ... According to [climate historian Spencer] Weart, ‘respected scientists publicly rebuked Hansen,saying he had gone far beyond what scientific evidence justified’ [5]

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