I have no idea what the source for your initial statement is, but it is incorrect.  An hour in front of a computer, searching with any search engine should convince you. I must explain that Science (with a capital S) is a great debating society.  There is no king or legislature that makes laws, people argue about evidence.  Many of the scientists of Galileo’s time died before they were convinced the earth goes around the sun, not the opposite.  It is still like that.  In general, one’s opinion merits more serious consideration if they have studied the field in which a statement is made, and even more if they have been doing work on the particular physical variables being studied.  Occasionally some evidence is so clear that almost everyone concedes immediately, but it is far more likely to take some time, perhaps decades, before complete agreement is reached.
 
Rest assured every idea is thoroughly looked at by many able, well trained and eager people, looking for any detail to find fault with in original claims.  Finding fault builds one’s reputation.  It is a very unlikely place to find a conspiracy.
 
Today there is a huge industry  for denial of climate change.  Are they successful? 155 elected representatives from the 113th Congress have taken over $51 million from the fossil fuel industry that is the driving force behind the carbon emissions that cause climate change. “The 30 climate deniers in the Senate have taken  $20,957,534 in dirty energy contributions while the 70 Senators who haven’t denied the science have only taken $11,944,009 in career contributions. On average, Senate deniers took $698,584 from dirty energy while other Senators took $170,629.”  Where it comes from is detailed in the article you commented on.

As for the Antarctic, two things are going on.  Cold air is confined by the huge size and high altitude of much of the continent, but warmer currents are intruding under the floating ice shelves, melting it from the underside.  This is observed by those working there.  There is a possibility of break off of huge sheets which will be driven north by currents.  Effects on the creatures under the ice due to warming has been observed.

The upper side, still cold, is building up.  The center of Antarctica is normally a cold desert, with precipitation in the range of a few millimeters.  Now however, the precipitation is increased, with some buildup at the surface, since the air that blows over the continent now contains more moisture evaporated from warmer seas further north.
 
This process is also observed in the northwest Himalayas , where wetter winds are being driven to the high altitudes , causing more snowfall.  Around the rest of the Himalaya glaciers are receding.

Why is the rate of temperature change slowing?  The differential between air and ocean surface is enough now to transfer heat to the ocean rapidly.  Water requires much more heat to change it’s temperature than air does, so the ocean is being warmed slowly.  Is this measureable? Yes it is.  The very coldest water at the bottom of the ocean is now about 0.7 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than it was before the industrial age.