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Scientists doing climate research for the federal government say the Bush administration has made it hard for them to speak forthrightly to the public about global warming. The result, the researchers say, is a danger that Americans are not getting the full story on how the climate is changing. This includes purging key words from press releases, including "global warming," "warming climate" and "climate change."
"There has been a change in how we're expected to interact with the press," said Pieter Tans, who measures greenhouse gases linked to global warming and has worked at NOAA's Earth System Research Laboratory in Boulder for two decades. He added that although he often "ignores the rules" the administration has instituted, when it comes to his colleagues, "some people feel intimidated -- I see that."
As bad as we think Bush is, he's even worse than we imagine him to be.
4 Comments:
In real life, GLBT people around the oppressed third and second world are desperately wishing they had the freedom of speech these scientists have...
posted by Anonymous, at
4/06/2006 11:13 AM
Lets face it, Bush blatantly refused to sign on to the Kyoto Treaty which almost all of the UN members, including our closest ally the UK has also appended its signature. Bush and his regime have definitely muzzled the media on this and the war, among other things. So much for a free press and democracy.
"In real life, GLBT people around the oppressed third and second world are desperately wishing they had the freedom of speech these scientists have..."
True, but that somehow justifies silencing people in America?
posted by Anonymous, at
4/06/2006 7:49 PM
To a zealot science is heretical and for the corporate theocratic imperialist it is a simply a nuisance to be discredited so that the transfer of wealth can continue unabated.
The putrid vile stench of the bush regime continues to permeate the soul of what was once a great nation.
