Seems that Philip Cooney isn’t the only Republican in favor of, um, “nudging” scientific evidence in a more favorable direction:
Sen. Larry Craig [R-ID] is illuminating the debate around saving fish. The Idaho Republican is making it clear that the opponents of salmon protection feel no need for the light of facts.
Indeed, Craig is trying to eliminate scientific evidence of what is happening to fish in the Columbia River system.
A Senate appropriations bill includes report language intended to kill an agency that has been collecting data on the survival of salmon in the Columbia and Snake rivers. The effect of Craig’s language would be to make it difficult or impossible for the Bonneville Power Administration to continue funding the vital work of the tiny, 11-person Fish Passage Center in Portland.
Inconvenient facts? Eh, just change ’em!
