Climate change data scandal.

The scandal over the hacked climate-change e-mails is now in active ferment. Here's some reading material. Make up your own minds. The President will hear about this as he prepares for a visit to the Copenhagen summit.

This story has a brief rundown of what happened--

Climate change data dumped - Times Online

Some analysis and follow-up from Dr. Masters at Weather Underground--

--here, first--see the ending comment;

--then, here, a more extensive analysis.

A reflection on the larger implications for the work of science, from the Financial Times.

And a defense from the chair of IPCC.

And, lastly for now, the contrarian point of view from the Telegraph.

New President, new perceptions.

A new column at "America in the World" suggests that the new regime in America will be more "environment-friendly" than the outgoing administration. This perception, in turn, may give the US a "world-friendly" outlook which stands to be reciprocated by the Europeans and others. But--given the economic conditions, there simply will not be a lot of attention paid to big enviro initiatives for the foreseeable future. We'll see, however.