Centre Daily Times: Just before Independence Day, Penn State issued a report completely vindicating Michael Mann, one of the world’s premier climate scientists, from the trumped-up charges of scientific misconduct, dubbed "Climategate’ by right-wing apologists. Time for an apology, right? Unfortunately, no. Instead those who would deny the reality of climate change simply charge that Penn State whitewashed the investigation. And that reveals the real scandal — not Climategate, but …