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Category Archives: U.S. Global Change Research Program
Economic stimulus bill update: Funding for climate science at NASA and NOAA is retained
The $789 billion economic stimulus bill that was expedited through the House and Senate and negotiated in a joint conference committee February 12 retains some funding for Earth observation and climate science programs: $170 million for NOAA to address “critical … Continue reading
Questions for John Holdren Senate confirmation hearing to head Office of Science & Technology Policy
Climate Science Watch would like Senators to ask John Holdren a number of questions about climate science leadership under the Obama administration at his February 12 confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. Dr. Holdren is … Continue reading
Economic stimulus bill climate change science provisions for NASA and NOAA
The economic stimulus bill (H.R. 1) that passed by a wide margin in the House of Representatives January 28 and its Senate companion that passed today by a vote of 61-37 both contain appropriations that will (barely) begin to save … Continue reading
Greenwire: “CLIMATE: In its final days, Bush admin released long-awaited studies”
“This is the endlessly delayed process; all of these things were at least one and a half years overdue—in some cases more,” said Rick Piltz, director of the watchdog group Climate Science Watch. “It really undermined the credibility of the … Continue reading
A grand finale (?) for climate program under Bush: Last 5 of 21 reports approved at 11th hour
The completion and publication on the last working day of the Bush administration of the remaining five of 21 “Synthesis and Assessment Products”—the centerpiece climate science reports of the US Climate Change Science Program—is on one hand, laudable, but on … Continue reading
Replace Michael Griffin with a reality-based NASA leader who puts Earth Science first
Outgoing NASA Administrator Michael Griffin’s notion that Earthlings might someday flee an uninhabitable Earth to find safe haven on another planet in the galaxy makes for good science fiction, but probably should not characterize the mindset of the head of … Continue reading
The US National Assessment of climate change impacts is now available on DVD, free of charge
The US Global Change Research Program (Climate Change Science Program) has produced a disk (DVD) containing electronic copies of a rich set of reports generated by an ambitious, multi-year national assessment of climate impacts across regions and sectors that took … Continue reading
New and much improved “Unified Synthesis Report” is open for a second round of public comment
The U.S. Climate Change Science Program has released a second iteration of a report that synthesizes and describes in lay terms the current scientific understanding of global climate disruption. Major improvements over a heavily criticized initial draft released in July … Continue reading
White House Science Office finally clears two delayed climate science reports for release
We have learned from various sources that the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy has cleared for publication two major federal climate science synthesis reports, one on the Arctic and one on ecosystem thresholds, after holding them for … Continue reading
Letter to White House Science Office on delays in releasing climate science reports
In a January 2 letter to Sharon Hays, Deputy Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Climate Science Watch said “unnecessary delays continue to impede the timely release of the final Synthesis and Assessment reports that … Continue reading
