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Bate and Switch: How a free-market magician manipulated two decades of environmental science.
Call major environmental groups and ask them about Roger Bate. The reply is always: Who? Few know he's the man who spread the myth that environmentalists, by fighting to ban DDT, have heartlessly caused millions of malaria deaths worldwide. Natural Resources News Service. 1 June 2009.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Agencies asked to ease safety rules.
In its final days in power, the Bush White House is rushing to have federal agencies water down the regulation of hazardous substances, lawmakers and public health experts say. Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Washington. 24 July 2008.
Environmental espionage: Inside a chemical company's Louisiana spy op.
After a businessman unknowingly invested in a company involved in corporate espionage against activists working on chemical contamination, he discovered what was happening. And then he released the documents. Mother Jones. 7 June 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.
Feds nip state efforts to slash mercury.
While arguing in court that states are free to enact tougher mercury controls from power plants, the Bush administration pressured dozens of states to accept a scheme that would let some plants evade cleaning up their pollution, government documents show. Associated Press. 17 February 2008.
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.
Warning: Known to cause severe health risks to laboratory animals, bisphenol A is in you.
Investigative reporting finds that the federal government's assurances that bisphenol A is a safe chemical are based on outdated and incomplete government studies and science mostly funded by the chemical industry. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Wisconsin. 2 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.
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.
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.
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.
School bus company falsified emissions test data, suit says.
Public-interest groups say the company nation's largest school-bus operator has falsified emissions tests on the diesel exhaust-belching vehicles and has failed to warn children exposed to carcinogenic chemicals, as required by California law. San Francisco Chronicle, California. 16 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.
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...
Questions about DuPont unsettle town.
Tennessee officials were surprised to learn that DuPont's paint plant in New Johnsonville produces dioxin... the fourth-largest producer in the US. Documents submitted to the state don't mention the carcinogen. Nashville Tennessean, Tennessee. 25 February 2007.
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.
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.
Brakes warning remains.
A government warning to mechanics that exposure to asbestos in brakes can cause deadly disease will not be removed from a federal Web site, and OSHA has decided not to suspend a scientist who had refused to water down the warning. Baltimore Sun, Maryland. 17 December 2006.
Pressure at OSHA to alter warning.
It took six years to get federal officials to issue warnings to auto mechanics that the brakes they're working on could contain lethal asbestos fibers. But only three weeks for a former top official with ties to the auto industry to have them removed. Baltimore Sun, Maryland. 20 November 2006.
Climate change special: State of denial.
The attacks on Kevin Trenberth, who argued that last year's devastating Atlantic hurricane season, which spawned hurricane Katrina, was linked to global warming, fit a familiar pattern. New Scientist. 3 November 2006.
Journals feel pressure to adopt disclosure rules.
As environmental journals publish more controversial papers on topics such as human health and global warming, they face a serious issue that medical journals have long been dealing with--conflict of interest. Environmental Science & Technology. 21 September 2006.
Climate science on trial.
The 'hockey stick' graph--showing a sharp increase in temperature over the past 100 years after 9 centuries of relative stability-- has become one of the most scrutinized scientific graphs in recent memory. Chronicle of Higher Education. 6 September 2006.
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