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U.S. Climate Change Science Program
The public interest calls for knowledgeable, independent investigation of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program, through which federal agencies coordinate $1.7 billion in annual support for research on climate and global change.
White House CEQ Chief of Staff resignation continues federal climate program leadership exodus
Posted on Wednesday, March 29, 2006
E&ENews PM reported ("CLIMATE: Key White House aide resigns") on March 22 that White House Council on Environmental Quality chief of staff Bryan Hannegan has resigned, “ending speculation he would be President Bush’s choice to replace outgoing NOAA Deputy Administrator James Mahoney.” Hannegan became chief of staff following the resignation in June 2005 of Philip Cooney, who left CEQ for a job at ExxonMobil. His departure continues what appears to be an exodus, or shake-up, of high-level leadership in the federal climate change science and technology programs.
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Boulder Daily Camera reports on Sen. Inhofe’s NCAR/UCAR inquisition
Posted on Tuesday, March 21, 2006
The Daily Camera newspaper in Boulder, Colorado, home of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, reported in a March 18 article on our story about how “U.S. Senator James Inhofe, chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, has asked for detailed information regarding the employees, research projects and funding sources of Boulder’s National Center for Atmospheric Research and its parent organization, the University Center for Atmospheric Research.” But should the Senator really be called a global warming “skeptic”?
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Greenwire report: Sen. Inhofe inquiry into research group funding sparks scientists’ concerns
Posted on Thursday, March 16, 2006
Greenwire (subscription), a daily newsletter on energy and environmental policy, reported in its #1 article on March 16: “An inquiry by Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman James Inhofe [R-OK] into the governance and financing of a leading climate research institution has generated waves of concern and speculation among scientists who see it potentially opening a new front in the battle over the flow of climate information to decisionmakers and the public.” The article draws on the March 11 entry on this Weblog and includes comments by CSW director Rick Piltz.
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Senator Inhofe Launches Inquisition Probing Climate Research Organization
Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006
In a letter dated 24 February 2006, Republican Senator James Inhofe has asked the National Science Foundation for detailed information about the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research and the National Center for Atmospheric Research, including details about employees and contractors… We provide the full text of the letter (also available as PDF file).
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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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