The National Center For Public Policy Research sent out a press release criticizing the Obama Administration for awarding the grant.
Penn State Professor Michael Mann was awarded a half million dollar grant from the stimulus package. This man is currently under investigation by Penn State for "activities related to a closed circle of climate scientists who appear to have been engaged in agenda driven science. Emails and documents mysteriously released from the previously-prestigious Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom revealed discussions of manipulation and destruction of research data, as well as efforts to interfere with the peer review process to stifle opposing views. The motivation underlying these efforts appears to be a coordinated strategy to support the belief that mankind's activities are causing global warming."
Prof. Mann is also a key figure in the Climategate scandal. The Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom recently revealed emails and documents concerning the manipulation and destruction of research data.
"It's outrageous that economic stimulus money is being used to support research conducted by Michael Mann at the very time he’s under investigation by Penn State and is one of the key figures in the international Climategate scandal. Penn State should immediately return these funds to the U.S. Treasury," said Tom Borelli, Ph.D., director of the National Center's Free Enterprise Project.
"It's no wonder that Obama's stimulus plan is failing to produce jobs. Taxpayer dollars aren't being used in the ways most likely to spur job creation. The stimulus was not sold to the public as a way to reward a loyalist in the climate change debate. Nor was the stimulus sold as a way to promote the Obama Administration's position on the global warming theory. This misuse of stimulus money illustrates why tax cuts are a better way to stimulate the economy than letting the government decide where to spend taxpayer dollars. As is often the case, political considerations corrupt the distribution of government funds," said Deneen Borelli, a full-time fellow with the National Center's Project 21 black leadership network.
"Mann's credentials as a climate change alarmist seems to fit the political criteria for stimulus funds sometimes known as 'Obama money'," added Deneen Borelli.
Prof. Mann was criticized years ago for his hockey stick graph.
The government wants the world to believe mankind is responsible for Global Warming. Just another way the Obama administration can control us and the World. It is absurd to think that our government so carelessly gives money away to researchers without even knowing their past credentials. I agree with Mr. Borelli the grant money should be returned.
Deanie
