storm to the big picture of climate change. this is absolutely consistent. the fires are absolutely consistent with models of climate change. when i come with these shows, thank you, people are happy when it s a prop bit, when i have props to show. todays props are books, these are books written about climate change. these are written by scientists. roy spencer of all people was able to get an editorial in usa today. i very much enjoy the hate tweets which will come up here in the next ten minutes. they re big fun for me. the hockey stick graph goes back to 1995. a couple of these books are written my dr. michael mann, the guy who started it, this is how contrarians introduce climate change. these are various graphics i have shown on television over
was studying who were using theoretical models and using the laws of physics to build theoretically model of earth s system and it seemed like a fascinating problem to work on. i had no idea when i moved into that area that i would become an unreluctant sort of figure in this larger debate that we are having today about the reality of humans cause climate change. some people call this the politicization. i call it something else in my book. the use of science now to wage politics in a way that we never saw it before. you were one of the people that developed what has become an iconic image of climate change. in the title of your book it s called the hockey stick. could we put up the hockey stick graph for a moment? this is the hockey stick graph.
organization. in an e-mail uncovered in climate-gate he writes about using mike s nature trick to hide thel th decline. the hockey stick proves lucrative for michael mann. last year alone he received $2.4 million in stimulus money and that s not all. at least $19 million, $2 million has come into cru in recent years. it s come from the european unions it s come from n.a.t.o., it s come from the united nations and the united states of america. and scrutiny from ross and steven mcintyre. we saw the hockey stick graph all over the someplace people kept referring to it aser t sorf the last word on the subject. so it was intriguing the role it was playing, including in policl discussions.ic it trying he had numerous e-mails between mahn, jones, and the rest of the team behind the hockey stick graph.form
in an e-mail he writes about using nature trick to hide the decline. above all the hockey stick graph proved luke five for mann. last year he received more than 2.4 million dollars in stimulus money. that s not all. at least 19, 20 million dollars has come in, in recent years. the money has come from european unions, from nato, from the united nations. it has come from the united states of america. sean: along with money came scrutiny led by an economist and mat tisch . we saw the hockey graph all over the place people kept refering to it as the last word on the subject. i was intriguing role it was playing including policy discussions. reporter: o sean: their request for information mann writes
partisan hardly covers it. first of all incompetent. i don t think he read the papers. sean: when climategate broke e-mails went viral scientists were cleared of wrongdoing critics called these investigations a sham. all of these inquiries have been a disappointment. in a sense, the documentation is there. and the record is there. we are still waiting for a real inquiry to be formed that will get to the bottom of sean: while culprits claim innocence they are still trying to rewrite history. maann said this about the hockey stick graph. i thought it was misplaced to make it a central icon. sean: while investigations turned up nothing impact of climategate is clear. reputation of the cru has been trapped the united nations has become more of a laughing stock because they seem to buy everything out of the cru.