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Toward a Second U.S. National Climate Change Assessment
Posted on Wednesday, January 04, 2006
Article by Rick Piltz of Climate Science Watch. “A second U.S. National Climate Change Assessment should be undertaken, based on advances since the 1990s in understanding the climate system and potential ecological and societal impacts of climate change in the United States. The new National Assessment should be developed as part of a process that institutionalizes a national climate change impacts assessment capability, i.e., an ongoing dialogue between scientists, policy-makers, and other stakeholders, with periodically updated, scientifically-based assessments.”
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How the White House Edits Out Global Warming
Posted on Sunday, January 01, 2006
“Decoder: See No Evil. How the White House Edits Out Global Warming,” Sierra, January-February 2006. This article shows how Philip A. Cooney, chief of staff for the White House Council on Environmental Quality, edited two 2002 draft reports by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP).
CSW’s Rick Piltz Interviewed by Government Accountability Project’s Louis Clark
Posted on Friday, December 23, 2005
A Conversation between Climate Science Watch’s Rick Piltz and Government Accountability Project President Louis Clark. Originally published in Bridging the GAP (Winter 2005), newsletter of the Government Accountability Project, Washington, DC.
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Radio Open Source: Politics of Climate Change
Posted on Tuesday, August 09, 2005
Politics of Climate Change. Audio (and related blog) for 9 August 2005 broadcast from Radio Open Source, Public Radio International, WGBH-Boston and other stations. The program follows “the money trail that leads from the fossil fuel industry to political spin” and examines “why the American press, as a whole, has been pretty quiet about the issue.” Guests include CSW’s Rick Piltz.
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“Political Science” from PBS Now
Posted on Friday, July 22, 2005
From the PBS television program “NOW”: “Political Science,” on the politicization of science by the Bush administration. Originally broadcast on 22 July 2005. 16 minute story—climate change segment from 8:54 - 16:00
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What’s Up With the Weather? The Politics of Climate Change
Posted on Tuesday, July 19, 2005
What’s Up With the Weather? The Politics of Climate Change. Audio recording of the National Radio Project’s Making Contact, originally broadcast on 20 July 2005. “On this edition, we’ll hear about whom climate is affecting, industry and government cover-ups, and those calling for action before it’s too late.”
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The Anonymous Source - an Endangered Species?
Posted on Wednesday, July 13, 2005
In The Anonymous Source - an Endangered Species?, author Philipp Steger discusses the importance of whistleblowers to journalists—and the risks they face. Published in Bridges (13 July 2005), a publication of the Office of Science and Technology at the Embassy of Austria, Washington, DC.
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Al Franken interviews CSW’s Rick Piltz
Posted on Thursday, July 07, 2005
Al Franken interview with Rick Piltz of Climate Science Watch, audio recording of the 7 July 2005 edition of the Al Franken Show (Air America Radio and Sundance Channel). The program is 1 hr 54 min long, interview is from 55:50 - 70:30.
Blowing the Whistle on Climate Change
Posted on Tuesday, June 21, 2005
“Blowing the whistle on climate change: Interview with Rick Piltz, Environmental Science and Technology (ES&T) (22 June 2005) by ES&T Associate Editor Paul Thacker. “Before publishing this interview, ES&T contacted multiple government officials familiar with Piltz’s work. Although they did not agree with all his conclusions, they confirmed that his points are valid.”
Low-Ball-Warming: Chris Mooney on the Resignation of Rick Piltz
Posted on Monday, June 20, 2005
“Low-Ball Warming: There should be a special circle in hell for people who mess with scientific data.” In this article published by The American Prospect (20 June 2005), Chris Mooney writes about the resignation of Rick Piltz from the U.S. Climate Change Science Program. “What hath Rick Piltz wrought? It’s too soon to tell, but there’s a new feeling in the air about global warming. It’s a sense that the Bush administration may finally be held to account, by the media and by Congress, for four years of obstruction and denial while a planetary problem steadily worsened.”
Senators join Climate Science Watch whistleblower
Posted on Sunday, June 19, 2005
Democrats Unveil Initiative to Keep Science Out of Politics. Press release (20 June 2005) from Senate Democratic Communications Center and Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid. “Senators Reid and Schumer announced today that Senate Democrats will introduce an amendment this week designed to prevent lawmakers from rewriting science to suit their political needs. ”
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U.S. Pressure Weakens G-8 Climate Plan
Posted on Sunday, June 19, 2005
A collection of links to news stories indicating that the U.S. government used its influence to weaken the Climate Change Plan of Action [PDF] produced from the G-8 Summit in Scotland on 6-8 July 2005.
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More on the White House’s Editing of Climate Science Reports
Posted on Saturday, June 18, 2005
Here are a few more articles that have appeared on the White House censorship scandal since 11 June when the culpable official left the White House for a new job with ExxonMobil.
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Brad Friedman Inverviews Rick Piltz
Posted on Friday, June 17, 2005
Brad Friedman intervews Rick Piltz: Part I (6:08 - 21:24) and Part II (4:20 - 20:20) [MP3 files]. Audio recordings broadcast from The Brad Show, a California-based satellite radio talk show broadcast on the IBC Radio network on 18 June 2005.
Bush Administration Censor Resigns, Moves to ExxonMobil
Posted on Wednesday, June 15, 2005
“Editor of Climate Reports Resigns,” Andrew C. Revkin reports in the New York Times (June 11, 2005) that "Mr. Cooney’s resignation came two days after documents revealed that he had repeatedly edited government climate reports in ways that cast doubt on the link between building greenhouse-gas emissions and rising temperatures." On June 15 Revkin filed yet another story, “Former Bush Aide Who Edited Climate Reports is Hired by Exxon.”
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