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Category Archives: Science-Policy Interaction
Climate Science Watch comment to the State Department on the Keystone XL pipeline permit
There are multiple reasons to oppose granting a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline – and one overriding ‘national interest’ criterion. Climate Science Watch submitted the following public comment to the State Department on October 9 on the final environmental … Continue reading
Woodrow Wilson Center panel: “Is the Keystone XL pipeline in the national interest?”
Climate change and the environmental impacts of the proposed pipeline merited only secondary consideration when panels dominated by industry interests and Keystone XL supporters occupied the stage at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC. Environmentalist speakers … Continue reading
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More on the EPA Inspector General’s report on the Endangerment Finding review process
EPA says in its response to the Inspector General’s report: “Most importantly, the report does not question or even address the science used or the conclusions reached – by EPA under this and the previous administration – that greenhouse gas … Continue reading
The EPA Inspector General's report on EPA's Endangerment Finding review process, and some responses
The EPA Inspector General's report, "Procedural Review of EPA's Greenhouse Gases Endangerment Finding Data Quality Processes," released today, is critical of how the agency handled the peer review of the science underpinning its December 2009 finding that heat-trapping emissions endanger public … Continue reading
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“Greening of Canadian Oil Sands: A View Across the Border”
With the recent protests against the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline and the State Department’s favorable environmental impact assessment, it was with great interest that CSW turned to the September 15 teleconference co-sponsored by the Environmental Law Institute and Gowling … Continue reading
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Stephen Schneider Climate Change Symposium
The Stephen H. Schneider Symposium, "Climate Change: From Science to Policy," is being held in Boulder, Colorado, August 25-27. The Symposium begins at 8:30 a.m. (Colorado time) today and will be webcast (and archived for later viewing on demand) here. CSW director Rick … Continue reading
Letter from scientists calling on Obama to block the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline
“Adding this on top of conventional fossil fuels will leave our children and grandchildren a climate system with consequences that are out of their control,” says the letter to the President from James Hansen and 19 other scientists. “It makes … Continue reading
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On The Yale Forum’s question: ‘Climate Change’ … and ‘Global Warming’: The New Dirty Words? And If So … What Then?
CSW director Rick Piltz and six other individuals responded to an invitation from The Yale Forum on Climate Change & the Media to reflect on how advocates for action on climate change have been shifting to more energy- and public … Continue reading
R.I.P. John Marburger, Bush White House science adviser
The Washington Post reports: “John H. ‘Jack’ Marburger, 70, a former college president who endured strident criticism from his fellow scientists as the chief science adviser to President George W. Bush, died July 28 at his home in Port Jefferson, … Continue reading
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"Scientific integrity" requires communication free from government and corporate pressure
Despite White House guidelines calling for scientific integrity and freedom of scientific communication in federal agencies, the current state of affairs suggests that this ideal has yet to be fully realized. For example, NOAA policy continues to inhibit freedom of … Continue reading
