Wikipedia: "Lysenkoism is used metaphorically to describe the manipulation or distortion of the scientific process as a way to reach a predetermined conclusion as dictated by an ideological bias, often related to social or political objectives."
The wikipedia entry reads like a metaphor for the modern global warming debate, describing how Lysenko pushed his "scientific" views with propagandizing, slander of the opposition, use of politics to silence opposition, pronouncements by political authorities of "the only correct theory" that could be taught, commandeering science for political purposes, and on and on and on.
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysenkoism