Maintain the Focus

Unfortunately, as world leaders meet in Copenhagen, the focus of the world's media is still distracted by the climate science scandal.

Yes, computers in the University of East Anglia (which is a well known climate research centre) were illegally hacked into and the personal correspondence of climate researchers distributed to try and discredit the science of climate change. But, the emails were cheery picked from a decade of correspondence, have yet to produce evidence of any conspiracy among climate researchers and are attributed to only a small number of scientists. This changes nothing.

So, instead of wasting any more time debating this minor debacle, it is time to re-focus attention on world leaders in Copenhagen. A good start, would be to take Avaaz's action and call Europe