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Hacked e-mails fuel climate change skeptics. Hundreds of private e-mails and documents hacked from a computer server at a British university are causing a stir among global warming skeptics, who say they show that climate scientists conspired to overstate the case for a human influence on climate change. New York Times. 21 November 2009. [Registration Required]
Obama offers new hope for science. As George Bush exits and the inauguration of Barack Obama nears, few constituencies are as hopeful and relieved as American scientists. Toronto Star, Ontario. 4 January 2009.
Under Bush, science learned it must speak up. George W. Bush will leave a legacy of increasing global warming and politicized public health. But he also leaves a generation of scientists who have found their voices at a time when our greatest policy challenges have a scientific component. First of two parts. Miller-McCune. 18 December 2008. [related story]
Cautious optimism for Obama's policy on science. Many of the scientific troubles Barack Obama inherits in the federal government aren’t about money. They strike at deeper questions of scientific integrity and the process government uses to include science in policymaking. Second of two parts. Miller-McCune. 18 December 2008. [related story]
An eroding mission at EPA. EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson, whose image over four years morphed from scientist to ideologue, will leave office as one of Bush's most loyal and controversial cabinet members. His decisions alarmed environmentalists, infuriated his own scientists, and led to calls from Democrats for his resignation. Philadelphia Inquirer, Pennsylvania. 7 December 2008. [related stories] [Registration Required]
Despite sceptics' noise, scientific consensus is growing. Anyone keeping up with current affairs could be forgiven for thinking scientists are riven with doubt over climate change. Sydney Morning Herald, Australia. 2 August 2008. [Registration Required]
4 Senate Dems urge EPA chief to resign. Four Senate Democrats called on EPA chief Stephen Johnson to resign Tuesday, alleging that he gave misleading testimony to Congress and repeatedly bowed to pressure from the White House to avoid regulating greenhouse gases. San Francisco Chronicle, California. 30 July 2008.
The attack on science. There’s a whole industry that’s working to make you, and Congress, uncertain about what science is finding about human health risks. Environment Report, Michigan. 19 May 2008.
Climate skeptics seize on cold spell. Some scientists, opinion writers, political operatives and other people who challenge warnings about dangerous human-caused global warming have jumped on a rash of recent cold spells as a teachable moment. New York Times. 2 March 2008. [Registration Required]
Judging science. A Supreme Court ruling and subsequent case history have raised the bar on introducing scientific data into lawsuit hearings. Now some argue the standards have gone too far. Science News. 23 January 2008.
Wanted on the Hill: a few good scientists. If ever there was a time for revenge of the (supposed) nerds, this is it. Partisan rhetoric is clouding debates on global warming, birth control, stem cell research, and evolution. US News & World Report. 10 December 2007.
Science's worst enemy: corporate funding. The biggest threat to science has been quietly occurring under the radar. The threat is money—specifically, the decline of government support for science and the growing dominance of private spending over American research. Discover. 18 October 2007. [related story]
Climate sceptic quits over 'lack of academic freedom'. Patrick Michaels, one of the most controversial skeptics on global warming, says he worked under a lack of academic freedom, but the university he works for counters that it was the consulting Michaels did for energy companies that got him into trouble. Nature. 4 October 2007.
Climatologist out after 28 years. Patrick J. Michaels' role as state climatologist at the University of Virginia came to a quiet end this summer. Michaels' utility industry funding and controversial views made him a lightning rod on climate change. Charlottesville Daily Progress, Virginia. 27 September 2007. [related story]
UVa hands off duties of climatologist. The University of Virginia has handed the duties of the climatologist’s office, but not the title, to research coordinator Philip J. “Jerry” Stenger in the wake of climatologist Patrick J. Michaels’ quiet departure from the role. Charlottesville Daily Progress, Virginia. 27 September 2007. [related story]
NASA scientists challenge security rules. Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Goddard Space Flight Center claim the new requirement by NASA that they submit to detailed FBI scrutiny of their backgrounds may be an attempt to control or silence them about issues like global warming. Nation. 4 September 2007.
The truth about denial. If you think those who have long challenged the mainstream scientific findings about global warming recognize that the game is over, think again. Newsweek. 5 August 2007.
Ex-surgeon general says White House hushed him. Former surgeon general Richard H. Carmona yesterday accused the Bush administration of muzzling him on sensitive public health issues. Washington Post. 11 July 2007. [Registration Required]
The heat is on. Like all good scientists, Scudder Mackey was skeptical 15 years ago when he began hearing predictions that increasing amounts greenhouse gases in the atmosphere would lead to global warming. But that skepticism has crumbled with mounting evidence. Detroit Metro Times, Michigan. 3 July 2007.
Smithsonian toned down exhibit on Arctic. The Smithsonian Institution toned down an exhibit on climate change in the Arctic for fear of angering Congress and the Bush administration, says a former administrator at the museum. Associated Press. 22 May 2007.
A convenient untruth. Like holdouts in the Alamo, the last of the climate skeptics plug away at the thousands of mainstream scientists now arrayed against them. And they bridle when asked if they take money, as nearly all do, from ExxonMobil. Vanity Fair. 17 April 2007.
Manufacturing scientific uncertainty. The most well known (and probably best financed) campaign to manufacture scientific doubt is being waged by the fossil fuel industry in an effort to impugn scientists’ work on issues related to climate change. Journal of Turkish Weekly, Turkey. Opinion, 5 April 2007.
Material shows weakening of climate reports. A House committee released documents showing hundreds of cases where a White House official edited climate reports to play up uncertainty of a human role in global warming or play down evidence of such a role. New York Times. 20 March 2007. [Registration Required]
Protocol is cited in limiting scientists' talks on climate. The director of the Fish and Wildlife Service defended the agency requirement that two employees going to international meetings on the Arctic not discuss climate change. New York Times. 9 March 2007. [Registration Required]
Traditional covert influence of industry on occupational and environmental health policies has turned brazenly overt in the last several years. More than ever before the OEH community is witnessing the perverse influence and increasing control by industry interests. Government has failed to support independent, public health-oriented practitioners and their organizations, instead joining many corporate endeavors to discourage efforts to protect the health of workers and the community. International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health [PDF]. 2 March 2007. More... [related stories]
Role of state climatologist comes under scrutiny. Many climate scientists get frustrated with those who don't believe that human activity is causing global warming, but should having such views be a sackable offence? Nature. 21 February 2007. [Subscription Required]
Climate sceptics switch focus to economics. With less to argue about on the scientific front, sceptics have been turning their attention to the economics of adapting to a changing climate. Nature. 8 February 2007. [related stories]
Has the White House interfered on global warming reports? More than 120 scientists across 7 federal agencies say they were pressured to remove references to climate change from documents, and a similar number say appointees altered the meaning of scientific findings. Christian Science Monitor. 31 January 2007. [related story]
Adopting the tobacco industry's disinformation tactics, ExxonMobile funneled nearly $16 million between 1998 and 2005 to a network of 43 advocacy organizations. Their goal was to confuse the public on global warming science, and they attempted to portray their advocacy as a positive quest for 'sound science' instead of business self-interest. Smoke, Mirrors & Hot Air. Published by Union of Concerned Scientists. 4 January 2007. [related stories]
US scientists reject interference. Some 10,000 US researchers - including 52 Nobel Laureates - have signed a statement protesting about political interference in the scientific process and demanding a restoration of scientific integrity in government policy. BBC. 15 December 2006. [related story]
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