One disappointment for me has been the decline of science in prestigious organizations such as the National Academy of Science. It is to be expected that a political organization such as the UN IPCC would not rely on a rigorous scientific method. But the decline of other scientific organizations as they fall under the influence of politics and lobbyists is sad to see. Environmental groups have been especially effective in undermining prestigious scientific organizations. Despite what people think, corporate lobbyists never had much influence in scientific organizations; it was assumed that they had a profit motive. For some reason environmentalists are not perceived to have a hidden agenda. Here is a comment on this deplorable state of affairs by someone who is an environmentalist.