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Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to hold March 1 hearing on global warming
Posted on Monday, February 26, 2007
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (Organization of American States) will hold a hearing on March 1 to investigate the relationship between global warming and human rights. The hearing is in response to a petition by Nobel Peace Prize nominee Sheila Watt-Cloutier, former Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Conference, along with Earthjustice and the Center for International Environmental Law.
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“An Inconvenient Truth”—Best Documentary Feature
Posted on Monday, February 26, 2007
Congratulations to Vice-President Gore, director Davis Guggenheim, and Laurie David and the other producers of the film for winning the Academy Award this year for Best Documentary Feature.
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Vice President’s global warming views at odds with majority of climate scientists
Posted on Friday, February 23, 2007
In an exclusive February 23 interview, ABC asked Vice President Cheney about the topic of global warming, a subject Mr. Cheney has rarely addressed in the past. The Vice President agreed that the Earth is warming but, like President Bush, maintained there is debate over whether humans or natural cycles are the cause—a position that puts the administration at odds with the vast majority of climate scientists.
AAAS Board Statement: Climate change caused by human activities is a growing threat
Posted on Tuesday, February 20, 2007
The American Association for the Advancement of Science Board of Directors released a strong, unequivocal statement on global climate change, its societal and environmental consequences, and the pressing need for mitigation and adaptation response strategies, on February 18 during the AAAS Annual Meeting in San Francisco.
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Closed Doors; Open Democracies? A national dialogue on government openness
Posted on Tuesday, February 20, 2007
On March 12 at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, Climate Science Watch will be represented on a panel addressing issues of access to government information, including the impact of government suppression and manipulation of scientific information on public health and safety—and accountability at the federal and the state and local levels. This Sunshine Week 2007 event will be Webcast to sites around the country.
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“Everything’s Cool” global warming documentary has first New York City screening on February 20
Posted on Monday, February 19, 2007
"Everything’s Cool” will be screened for the first time in New York City on February 20 at the IFC Center. The film features writer/activist Bill McKibben, author of “The End of Nature;” investigative journalist Ross Gelbspan, author of “The Heat is On” and “Boiling Point;” Heidi Cullen, the climate scientist who covers climate change on The Weather Channel; Climate Science Watch director Rick Piltz; Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Conference, and Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus, authors of “The Death of Environmentalism.” “Everything’s Cool” had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah on January 19, where it was screened as part of the juried competition for best U.S. independent documentary.
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Climate Science Watch interview on EcoTalk, Air America Radio
Posted on Monday, February 19, 2007
We were interviewed on the EcoTalk program on Air America Radio by host Betsy Rosenberg on January 19, while we were in Park City, Utah, for the premiere of the new global warming documentary film “Everything’s Cool” at the Sundance Film Festival. A link to the Webcast of the 12-minute interview is here.
AAAS President John Holdren urges action on climate change, energy system, and sustainability
Posted on Saturday, February 17, 2007
In his February 15 Presidential Address to the American Association for the Advancement of Science, “Science and Technology for Sustainable Well-Being,” Harvard Prof. John Holdren called on scientists and engineers to get personally involved in developing solutions and suggested that fundamental changes on a global scale are needed. In talking with reporters he reflected our concerns in noting the Bush administration’s “tendencies toward fact-averse governance” and cutback in support for climate change research in the past four years.
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Earthbeat radio: Climate science censorship and Congressional oversight
Posted on Friday, February 16, 2007
On February 13, Earthbeat (WPFW-FM in Washington, DC) interviewed CSW Director Rick Piltz and others on issues of climate science censorship and the reactivation of long-overdue Congressional oversight.
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House Committee Unanimously Approves Whistleblower Protections
Posted on Friday, February 16, 2007
The Government Accountability Project has been working seven years for the reforms to overhaul the law protecting federal government whistleblowers approved by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee February 14. The bill would extend anti-retaliation rights to those who call attention to the politicization of science by Administration officials.
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Senate Commerce climate science hearing follow-up: News reports
Posted on Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Environment News Service ("Effects of Bush Climate Science Censorship Linger") and Wired News ("Bush Ripped on Global Warming") covered the February 7 Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing on “Climate Change Research and Scientific Integrity” with some reporting that we liked.
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Senate Commerce Feb. 7 climate science hearing follow-up: Witness testimony and archived Webcast
Posted on Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Witness testimony and an archived Webcast of the hearing on “Climate Change Research and Scientific Integrity,” held by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation on February 7, are available on the Committee’s Web site. CSW Director Rick Piltz testified as one of a panel of six witnesses.
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Check out the Earth observation images newly added to this site
Posted on Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Additions to the the rotating set of Earth observation global change images in the upper left corner of pages on this Web site link to explanatory material provided by NASA’s Earth Observatory Newsroom New Images site.
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House Committee set to approve landmark whistleblower rights legislation
Posted on Monday, February 12, 2007
The Government Accountability Project (GAP) applauds the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform for advancing the most significant whistleblower rights legislation in U.S. history.
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House Oversight hearing follow-up: More news and editorial coverage
Posted on Monday, February 12, 2007
Excerpts from news coverage of the January 30 House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on allegations of political interference with federal climate scientists, including our participation in the hearing, by NBC Nightly News, ScienceNOW Daily News (Science magazine), the Financial Times (UK), Voice of America News, National Journal’s Congress Daily, and Associated Press/Burlington Free Press; also, a “reality-based” editorial in the Charlotte (N.C.) Observer, and one in Newsday (N.Y.)
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