Aww shucks...how about PERMANENTLY step down, you lying bunch of putzes! Of course, one can almost see what's happening here. They'll have an 'impartial' investigation (not) and then proclaim all the data to be sound (not).
LONDON (AP) - Britain's University of East Anglia says the director of its prestigious Climatic Research Unit is stepping down pending an investigation into allegations that he overstated the case for man-made climate change.