Is Washington pressing scientists to downplay global warming? Congress to investigate
At a hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, chair Henry Waxman (D-California) said, "We know that the White House possesses documents that contain evidence of an attempt by senior administration officials to mislead the public by injecting doubt into the science of global warming and minimize the potential danger." According to this article on msnbc.com, "In the past, the White House has said it has only sought to inject balance into reports on climate change."
Editing the papers of scientists should not be handled by editors who are not scientists, I would argue. Here is some of the data provided by the 308 of 1,600 scientists who responded to the survey that is being discussed:
- 43 percent of respondents reported edits during review of their work that changed the meaning of their findings.
- 46 percent felt administrative requirements that impaired climate-related work.
- 67 percent said the environment for federal government climate research is worse now than five years ago.
- 435 instances of political interference in their work over the past five years
John McCain, (R-Arizona) Barack Obama (D-Illinois), Barbara Boxer, (D-California), Joe Lieberman, I-Connecticut) and Jeff Bingaman (D-New Mexico) all are supporting bills to put so-called "carbon caps" in place in the U.S.
Related:
- California more worried about carbon than gasoline demand
- Bush's plan for federal agencies: two percent reduction in petroleum use per year, PHEV purchase required
- State of the Union preview: energy, ethanol, carbon cap?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Tim 9:52AM (1/31/2007)
And so it begins... investigation after investigation all producing nothing but feeding lawyers and politician's 2008 war chests and egos.
What's up with the border fence to protect our southern boarder from the ongoing invasion? Are they going to protect this country or not?
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A5-14 11:08AM (1/31/2007)
Should it be a diesel-hybrid or an electric fence?
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monteclat 3:17PM (2/01/2007)
So what's new?
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Tim 2:14PM (1/31/2007)
A5-14- Whatever best defends this country's Citizens from terrorists and drug runners and gives some teeth to our immigration laws. If they don’t have the political courage to enforce them, they should rescind them. Then we can throw the bums in congress out and elect new ones.
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