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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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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.
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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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.
White House Responds to New York Times Exposé
Posted on Wednesday, June 08, 2005
At a White House Press briefing on June 8, 2005, spokesman Scott McClellan responds to an article in the New York Times. According to the 8 June 2005 piece by Andrew Revkin: “A White House official who once led the oil industry’s fight against limits on greenhouse gases has repeatedly edited government climate reports in ways that play down links between such emissions and global warming...”
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On Issues of Concern About the Governance and Direction of the Climate Change Science Program
Posted on Thursday, June 02, 2005
Memo to U.S. Climate Change Science Program Agency Principals, “On Issues of Concern About the Governance and Direction of the Climate Change Science Program” (dated 1 June 2005). Rick Piltz, author of the memo and a former official of the Climate Change Science Program, says: “I believe the overarching problem is that the administration—acting primarily through key positions in the Executive Office of the President, and to some extent the State Department, and aligning itself with some of its key allies—does not want and has acted to impede forthright communication of the state of climate science and its implications for society.” The memo supports this conclusion in great detail.
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