James Ridgeway wrote earlier today about Henry Waxman’s ongoing oversight hearings that are looking into the government’s role in distorting climate research. In his post, Jim mentioned the new Union of Concerned Scientists report that found the Bush Administration pressured scientists in a number of agencies to suppress evidence of global warming. ThinkProgress has culled some details. Synergy!
46 percent of government scientists “personally experienced pressure to eliminate the words ‘climate change,’ ‘global warming,’ or other similar terms from a variety of communications.”
46 percent “perceived or personally experienced new or unusual administrative requirements that impair climate-related work.”
25 percent “perceived or personally experienced situations in which scientists have actively objected to, resigned from, or removed themselves from a project because of pressure to change scientific findings.”
— Jonathan Stein
