Editing National Academy of Sciences (section)

==Joint Declaration on Global Warming==
In 2005, the national science academies of the [[G8]]&nbsp;forum (including the National Academy of Sciences) and science academies of Brazil, China, and India (three of the largest emitters of [[greenhouse gas]]es in the developing world) signed a statement on the global response to [[climate change]]. The statement stresses that the scientific understanding of climate change had become sufficiently clear to justify nations taking prompt action.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://royalsociety.org/topics-policy/publications/2005/global-response-climate-change/|title=Statement on Global Response to Climate Change|date=June 7, 2005|publisher=The Royal Society}}</ref>

On May 7, 2010, a letter signed by 255 Academy members was published in [[Science (journal)|''Science'' magazine]], decrying "political assaults" against climate change scientists.<ref>{{cite news|title=U-Va. urged to fight Cuccinelli subpoena in probe of scientist|first=Rosalind|last=Helderman|date=May 9, 2010|newspaper=Washington Post|page=C5}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2010/may/06/climate-science-open-letter| title=Open letter: Climate change and the integrity of science| date=May 6, 2010| work=The Guardian| access-date=December 12, 2016| archive-date=October 5, 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005040201/http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2010/may/06/climate-science-open-letter| url-status=live}}</ref> This was in response to a [[civil investigative demand]] on the [[University of Virginia]] (UVA) by Virginia Attorney General [[Ken Cuccinelli]], seeking a broad range of documents from [[Michael&nbsp;E. Mann]], a former UVA professor from 1999 to 2005.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.meteo.psu.edu/holocene/public_html/Mann/about/cv.php |title=Curriculum Vitae: Michael E. Mann |website=psu dot edu |access-date=July 5, 2013 |archive-date=May 12, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512101115/http://www.meteo.psu.edu/holocene/public_html/Mann/about/cv.php |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=wp592010>{{cite news|title=U-Va. urged to fight Cuccinelli subpoena in probe of scientist|first=Rosalind|last=Helderman|date=May 9, 2010|newspaper=[[Washington Post]]|page=C5}}</ref> Mann, who currently works at the [[University of Pennsylvania]], is a climate change researcher, and Cuccinelli alleges that Mann may have defrauded Virginia taxpayers in the course of his environmental research. Investigations had cleared Mann of charges that he falsified or suppressed data.<ref name="PSU Findings">{{cite web|url=http://www.research.psu.edu/orp/Findings_Mann_Inquiry.pdf|title=RA-10 Inquiry Report: Concerning the Allegations of Research Misconduct Against Dr. Michael E. Mann, Department of Meteorology, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University|last=Foley|first=Henry C.|author2=Alan W. Scaroni|author3=Candice A. Yekel|date=February 3, 2010|publisher=[[The Pennsylvania State University]]|access-date=February 7, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100215071321/http://www.research.psu.edu/orp/Findings_Mann_Inquiry.pdf|archive-date=February 15, 2010}}</ref>