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U.S. Climate Change Science Program has been undermined by budget cutbacks
Posted on Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Examining U.S. federal climate change expenditures, Part 2: the Climate Change Science Program—Even with upwardly-adjusted numbers obtained by bringing additional programs into the CCSP budget crosscut for 2007-2008 that serve to partially mask dramatic budget cuttting by the administration, the inflation-adjusted CCSP budget in the President’s FY 2008 request is 23% below the peak FY 1995 level, 15% below the FY 2004 level, and 1.5% below the FY 2007 level.
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Be citizens, hold public officials accountable—CSW director interviewed in San Antonio Current
Posted on Wednesday, September 26, 2007
CSW director Rick Piltz was interviewed in the San Antonio Current, in connection with his appearance at the Texas Renewable Energy Roundup & Green Living Fair in Fredericksburg, Texas, on September 29.
Examining the U.S. climate change budget—Part 1
Posted on Tuesday, September 25, 2007
[Revised September 25] Is $37 billion in total federal “climate expenditures” over 7 years—for all climate change science research, global observing systems, energy technology R&D related to reducing emissions, international assistance, and alternative energy tax breaks—a lot of money?
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GAP to honor whistleblowers and defenders at 30th anniversary gala September 26
Posted on Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Tomorrow, September 26, the Government Accountability Project (GAP) will celebrate its 30th anniversary and recognize the vital importance of whistleblowing in society. At the event, guest-hosted by Erin Brockovich, GAP will honor several whistleblowers and congressional champions of government accountability, public safety, and whistleblower protections.
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Upcoming House hearing to examine National Security Implications of Climate Change
Posted on Monday, September 24, 2007
On September 27 the House Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, will hold a hearing to examine current thinking on the nature and magnitude of the threats that global warming may present to national security, and to explore the ways in which climate-related security threats can be predicted, forestalled, mitigated, or remedied.
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The Iraq war and climate change mitigation: National security and cost of action
Posted on Saturday, September 22, 2007
An American Enterprise Institute “scholar” says that, if you think national security is helped by continuing the Iraq war, “the question of focusing on how much money we are spending there is irrelevant”—even if the price tag is an estimated $720 million a day in immediate and ongoing costs. A study by a blue-ribbon panel of retired admirals and generals concluded that projected climate change poses a serious threat to national security. If so, then how to weigh the cost and value of mitigating climate change?
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CSW Director to keynote at Texas Renewable Energy Roundup & Green Living Fair
Posted on Saturday, September 22, 2007
Climate Science Watch director Rick Piltz will give a keynote talk, “Breaking the Silence,” at the Texas Renewable Energy Roundup & Green Living Fair ("Come learn solutions to global warming: You can make a difference!") in Fredericksburg, Texas, in the Hill Country west of Austin, on Sept. 29 at 1 p.m. Piltz will also do a Q&A session after screenings of the global warming documentary Everything’s Cool on Sept. 29 at 8 p.m. and Sept. 30 at 10 a.m. at the Fredericksburg Stagecoach Theatre on South US Hwy 287. Hope to see some of y’all there.
Climate contrarian Pat Michaels refused to disclose funding in Vermont court case
Posted on Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Patrick J. Michaels, one of the global warming skeptics most often interviewed by news media, withdrew as an expert witness in a high-profile Vermont court case rather than disclose his funding sources, court documents show. Moreover, Michaels told the court in July 2007, some funders gave him money on the condition that their identities remain secret -- and he is largely dependent for his livelihood on the money they give him.
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When it comes to climate change, should we leave the FAA on auto-pilot?
Posted on Tuesday, September 18, 2007
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is facing changes this month as new leadership is installed and as Congress provides it with new legislative authorization and direction. Will these changes lead to a shift in direction away from resistance and obfuscation on the challenge of climate change?
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White House science director Marburger says Earth may become “unlivable” without CO2 emissions cut
Posted on Monday, September 17, 2007
In an interview with BBC, Office of Science and Technology Policy director John Marburger made some welcome straightforward statements, for a change, based on scientific assessment of the danger of unchecked climate change. But when it came to linking harmful climate change impacts to the need for a strong policy response, he didn’t stray from the White House political line.
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Former Director of Climate Program Office: “Administration should be held to a higher standard”
Posted on Sunday, September 02, 2007
The director of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) Office until March 2006 calls for a “full soup-to-nuts national assessment” of climate change impacts.
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