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From [1]: The Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) is the United Kingdom's most high-profile climate denier group. Its founder is Nigel Lawson[2].

[1]http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Global_Warming_Policy_F...

[2]http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Nigel_Lawson

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Of course such a project would be driven by people opposed to the dominating hypothesis.

Nevertheless, the scientific principles at stake are correct. The character and past of people funding a scientific data review are irrelevant for the outcome of science.

Is this true historically?

The use of the word "denier" which is at best ad hominem, is proof positive of the rejection of the scientific method.

Only for the toy version of the scientific method we learn in 2nd grade, but not for the "real world" scientific method.

All scientists on the planet look at the list of authors on any papers they read. That way they know the biases of the authors, the types of assumptions they might make, and how trustworthy any data is.

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