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Open the Government, Sunshine Week 2007: “Closed Doors; Open Democracies?”
Posted on Sunday, March 11, 2007
Climate Science Watch will participate in a Sunshine Week 2007 program focused on access to government information, including the impact of government suppression and manipulation of scientific information on public health and safety—and accountability. The event will be held at the National Press Club on Monday, March 12, and webcast to dozens of sites around the country.
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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.
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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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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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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House Oversight Jan. 30 hearing follow-up: News coverage
Posted on Sunday, February 11, 2007
Coverage of the January 30 House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on climate science by the New York Times, International Herald Tribune, Australian Broadcasting, New Scientist (UK), and the Christian Science Monitor.
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House Oversight Jan. 30 hearing follow-up: Witness testimony and archived Webcast
Posted on Saturday, February 10, 2007
Witness testimony and other documents and an archived Webcast are available from the January 30 hearing on “Allegations of Political Interference With the Work of Government Climate Change Scientists” held by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
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Rick Piltz testimony before the Senate Commerce Committee
Posted on Wednesday, February 07, 2007
Climate Science Watch Director Rick Piltz’s testimony for the February 7, 2006, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation hearing on “Climate Change Research and Scientific Integrity.” The testimony also is available as a PDF file.
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Climate Science Watch testimony at House Oversight Hearing
Posted on Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Testimony of Rick Piltz, Director, Climate Science Watch, Government Accountability Project, Washington, DC, Before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, U.S. House of Representatives, Hearing on “Allegations of Political Interference With the Work of Government Climate Change Scientists.” The testimony also is available as a PDF file.
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Investigation Documents Political Interference with Climate Science Communication
Posted on Tuesday, January 30, 2007
An investigative report by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) and the Government Accountability Project (GAP) has uncovered new evidence of widespread political interference in federal climate science.
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CSW Director Rick Piltz will testify at House Oversight Committee hearing January 30
Posted on Monday, January 29, 2007
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform will hold a hearing on “Allegations of Political Interference With the Work of Government Climate Change Scientists” on Tuesday, January 30, at 10:00 a.m., in Room 2157, Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC. We will post our testimony on this Web site at the time of the hearing.
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Premiering today at the Sundance Film Festival: “Everything’s Cool”
Posted on Friday, January 19, 2007
Everything's Cool, a new documentary film featuring a number of "global warming messengers on a high-stakes quest," will have its world premiere screening on January 19 at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.
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