He lost me in the first paragraph

In his recent New York Times (naturally) op-ed, here is how Al Gore tries to defend the indefensible:

It would be an enormous relief if the recent attacks on the science of global warming actually indicated that we do not face an unimaginable calamity requiring large-scale, preventive measures to protect human civilization as we know it.

"Attacks on the science of global warming," he says? Pointing out efforts to hide data, intimidate dissenters, and lie about sourcing is an attack on science?

That was just his first paragraph, mind you. Read the whole column, and you will just feel how desperate this guy is as he watches the wheels come off his gravy train.

What a detestable piece of slime.

Good Day to You, Sir