TRUST THE SCIENCE: National Academy of Sciences sanctions White House climate official for ethics violation. “The NAS took the punitive action because it said Lubchenco violated the code when she edited a paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal that included her brother-in-law as an author. The academy said Lunchenco violated a rule that says members ‘shall avoid those detrimental research practices that are clear violations of the fundamental tenets of research.'”