Speaking of scientists being muzzled, threatened and purged, what does the author make of this column?

http://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2016/12/31/skeptical_climate_scientists_coming_in_from_the_cold.html

And speaking of climate data being locked up or destroyed, what would he make of these two reports?

http://manhattancontrarian.com/blog?tag=Scientific+Fraud

Http://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/congress-launches-investigation-into-agencys-data-manipulation

What does he make of these Canadian scientists'  testimony at a recent Senate hearing in Ottawa?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xW19pPFfIyg

And what would he make of  the Canadian academic Michael Hart's book, "Hubris: The Troubled Science, Economics and Politics of Climate change"?

 Finally, if it costs the world half a trillion dollars to create a low-carbon economy to reduce the temperature by only 0.5°C,  on a cost-benefit basis are there are better ways to spend the money?