New York Times to media: Exonerations of climate science and National Academy report should "receive as much circulation" as "the manufactured controversy known as Climategate" - Journalism in the greenhouse ... or the glass house?

There have since been several reports upholding the U.N.'s basic findings, including a major assessment in May from the National Academy of Sciences. This assessment not only confirmed the relationship between climate change and human activities but warned of growing risks — sea level rise, drought, disease — that must swiftly be addressed by firm action to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases.

Given the trajectory the scientists say we are on, one must hope that the academy's report, and...