No_AT climate-change_JJ transparency_NN1 There_EX 's_VBZ plenty_PN of_IO cause_NN1 to_TO be_VBI skeptical_JJ of_IO climate-change_JJ theology_NN1 because_CS global-warming_JJ advocates_NN2 are_VBR secretive_JJ about_II their_APPGE data_NN ._. 
If_CS climate-change_JJ research_NN1 were_VBDR all_DB on_II the_AT up-and-up_NN1 ,_, there_EX would_VM be_VBI no_AT reason_NN1 to_TO hide_VVI it_PPH1 ._. 
So_RG far_RR ,_, the_AT spotlight_NN1 has_VHZ been_VBN on_II Britain_NP1 's_GE University_NN1 of_IO East_NP1 Anglia_NP1 and_CC its_APPGE refusal_NN1 to_TO release_VVI surface_NN1 temperature_NN1 data_NN ,_, which_DDQ is_VBZ by_RR21 far_RR22 the_AT most_RGT comprehensive_JJ long-term_JJ data_NN available_JJ on_II the_AT subject_NN1 kept_VVD anywhere_RL in_II the_AT world_NN1 ._. 
In_II an_AT1 effort_NN1 to_TO pooh-pooh_VVI the_AT cover-up_NN1 ,_, global-warming_JJ activists_NN2 are_VBR trying_VVG to_TO reassure_VVI a_AT1 curious_JJ public_NN1 that_CST this_DD1 is_VBZ n't_XX a_AT1 concern_NN1 because_CS some_DD other_JJ data_NN sources_NN2 purportedly_RR show_VV0 the_AT same_DA thing_NN1 ._. 
There_EX 's_VBZ no_AT way_NN1 to_TO know_VVI because_CS other_JJ institutions_NN2 are_VBR dragging_VVG their_APPGE feet_NN2 on_II disclosure_NN1 as_RR21 well_RR22 ._. 
NASA_NP1 has_VHZ been_VBN less_RRR than_CSN forthcoming_JJ about_II its_APPGE data_NN ,_, as_CSA brushed_VVN off_II Freedom_NN1 of_IO Information_NN1 Act_NN1 requests_NN2 have_VH0 exposed_VVN ._. 
Queen_NN1 's_GE University_NN1 in_II Belfast_NP1 is_VBZ another_DD1 obstacle_NN1 to_TO open_VVI academic_JJ inquiry_NN1 ._. 
It_PPH1 has_VHZ amassed_VVN one_MC1 of_IO the_AT longest-running_JJT data_NN collections_NN2 on_II tree_NN1 rings_NN2 ,_, which_DDQ span_VV0 7,000_MC years_NNT2 and_CC range_NN1 from_II more_DAR than_CSN 1,500_MC sites_NN2 around_II the_AT world_NN1 ._. 
How_RGQ much_RR a_AT1 tree_NN1 grows_VVZ each_DD1 season_NNT1 can_VM tell_VVI us_PPIO2 a_AT1 lot_NN1 about_II temperature_NN1 trends_NN2 and_CC other_JJ climate-related_JJ variables_NN2 ._. 
Under_II normal_JJ circumstances_NN2 ,_, one_PN1 would_VM expect_VVI the_AT institution_NN1 to_TO be_VBI proud_JJ of_IO this_DD1 enormous_JJ data_NN set_VV0 it_PPH1 has_VHZ diligently_RR created_VVN and_CC presume_VV0 the_AT university_NN1 would_VM want_VVI to_TO share_VVI the_AT data_NN with_IW anyone_PN1 who_PNQS is_VBZ interested_JJ in_II the_AT subject_NN1 matter_NN1 ._. 
Not_XX so_RR ._. 
Scholars_NN2 have_VH0 been_VBN struggling_VVG for_IF two_MC and_CC a_AT1 half_DB years_NNT2 to_TO use_VVI Britain_NP1 's_GE Freedom_NN1 of_IO Information_NN1 laws_NN2 to_TO force_VVI Queen_NN1 's_GE University_NN1 to_TO release_VVI the_AT data_NN ,_, to_II no_AT avail_NN1 ._. 
As_CSA with_IW the_AT University_NN1 of_IO East_NP1 Anglia_NP1 case_NN1 ,_, the_AT only_JJ thing_NN1 researchers_NN2 wanted_VVD from_II Queen_NP1 's_GE University_NN1 was_VBDZ complete_JJ data_NN to_TO back_VVI up_RP papers_NN2 that_CST global-warming_JJ advocates_NN2 had_VHD published_VVN using_VVG the_AT information_NN1 ._. 
If_CS there_EX were_VBDR any_DD interest_NN1 in_II disclosure_NN1 ,_, complying_VVG with_IW the_AT request_NN1 would_VM be_VBI a_AT1 breeze_NN1 because_CS the_AT information_NN1 is_VBZ already_RR assembled_VVN ._. 
Over_II the_AT years_NNT2 ,_, most_DAT of_IO the_AT data_NN used_VVN by_II global-warming_JJ activists_NN2 have_VH0 been_VBN provided_VVN by_II two_MC institutions_NN2 :_: University_NN1 of_IO East_NP1 Anglia_NP1 and_CC NASA_NP1 ._. 
Their_APPGE secrecy_NN1 results_NN2 in_II negative_JJ consequences_NN2 in_II the_AT search_NN1 for_IF truth_NN1 ._. 
Climate-change_JJ alarmists_NN2 allege_VV0 that_CST global_JJ temperatures_NN2 have_VH0 increased_VVN only_RR about_RG 1.5_MC degrees_NN2 Fahrenheit_VV0 since_CS the_AT middle_NN1 of_IO the_AT 19th_MD century_NNT1 ;_; even_RR very_RG small_JJ corrections_NN2 or_CC adjustments_NN2 in_II the_AT data_NN can_VM potentially_RR make_VVI a_AT1 big_JJ difference_NN1 in_II the_AT results_NN2 of_IO relevant_JJ studies_NN2 ._. 
There_EX is_VBZ no_AT excuse_NN1 for_IF academic_JJ secrecy_NN1 in_II the_AT modern_JJ world_NN1 ._. 
Research_NN1 institutions_NN2 can_VM easily_RR put_VVI up_RP important_JJ data_NN sets_VVZ on_II Web_NN1 sites_NN2 for_IF the_AT world_NN1 to_TO see_VVI ._. 
No_AT researchers_NN2 should_VM be_VBI trusted_VVN who_PNQS are_VBR not_XX willing_JJ to_TO share_VVI data_NN central_JJ to_II their_APPGE controversial_JJ conclusions_NN2 ._. 
