Waxman: White House censored climate scientists

[babylonsister]

Waxman: White House censored climate scientists
By Klaus Marre | Posted 12/10/07 11:42 AM
December 10, 2007


A new report from a House committee said Monday that the White House has engaged in a “systematic” effort to “censor climate scientists.”

According to the report, compiled for House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), the Bush administration has sought to restrict media access to government scientists and has also edited congressional testimony.

“The evidence before the committee leads to one inescapable conclusion: The Bush administration has engaged in a systematic effort to manipulate climate change science and mislead policymakers and the public about the dangers of global warming,” according to the document.

The report, written by the Democratic committee staff, also asserts that the Bush administration’s actions seeking to muddy the waters on climate change could come straight out of the oil industry’s playbook.

Panel Republicans strongly objected to the findings and lamented that an inquiry that had begun as a bipartisan fact-finding mission had been turned into a political document.

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http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/waxman-white-house-censored-climate-scientists-2007-12-10.html

[NightWatcher]

1. Yawn, another coverup, snore. Can we launch another toothless investigation too?

Next...

[spanone]

2. t h e r e i s n o f u c k i n g e n d to t h i s

and not one person held accountable

[babylonsister]

3. I hear ya; I'm so tired of reading this stuff, and nothing ever seems

to change. :(

[spanone]

4. maybe the good thing is that business as usual MIGHT change

at least we're hearing about this stuff....the frustration at times is unbearable

[SpiralHawk]

5. republicons HATE the truth

What a plague they are upon America...