Scientists say Bush stifled climate data
Cleveland Plain DealerPosted: January 31st, 2007 by Thomas L. Knapp
“Democrats who control Congress turned up the heat on President Bush’s global warming policy Tuesday at an oversight hearing where witnesses claimed White House political operatives stifled government scientific findings on climate change and other topics. ‘Without strong action to restore integrity to federal science, our nation will be ill prepared to deal with the challenges we face,’ warned Francesca Grifo of the Union of Concerned Scientists, which released a survey of 1,800 government scientists who described political interference at agencies that study climate change, as well as the Food and Drug Administration and Fish and Wildlife Service. Republicans on the panel said Democrats were using the scientists to make their own political statements.” (01/31/07)
