Climate scientist at centre of leaked email row dismisses conspiracy claims

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Phil Jones of the University of East Anglia denies emails provide evidence of collusion by climatologists to fix data

The climatologist at the centre of the leaked emails row said today that he "absolutely" stands by his research and that any suggestion that the emails provide evidence of a conspiracy to manipulate or...

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