Apparently George Monbiot eventually debated climate change denier Ian Plimer on Australian TV and challenged some of the claims in his book "Heaven and Earth." It's fascinating to see the way in which Plimer tries to change the subject every time an awkward question is asked. And yes, I do believe it's appropriate to label people who engage in blatant fraud and deception as deniers.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2009/12/15/2772906.htm
Monbiot briefly touches on the subject of the hacked e-mails. I think in retrospect the most serious error of judgement made by the scientists involved was to treat the data and code they used as proprietary rather than publishing it on the internet, as was done with the GISTEMP series of data from NASA some years ago. This unwarranted secrecy has allowed mischevious people to whip up some of the more ludicrous "conspiracy" claims.
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