2007

May

• Wolfowitz resignation follows release of multiple documents by the Government Accountability Project (17 May 07)

• National academies of science call on G8 to address global climate change now (17 May 07)

• C-Span webcast of Whistleblower Week panel on “Scientific Integrity and Individual Conscience” (15 May 07)

• MacCracken on Lindzen’s misleading Newsweek Op-Ed (12 May 07)

• Whistleblower Week in Washington: Panel on “Scientific Integrity & Individual Conscience” (09 May 07)

• Environmental Science & Technology: Top 10 environmental policies of the Bush administration (09 May 07)

• IPCC North America climate change impacts chapter shows evasiveness of U.S. Climate Action Report (08 May 07)

• “Impacts and Adaptation” chapter of U.S. Climate Action Report 2007 is an evasive failure (07 May 07)

• Public review of administration’s Fourth U.S. Climate Action Report until May 18 (06 May 07)

April

• Wolfowitz deputy’s efforts to undercut climate change text in World Bank strategy paper (26 Apr 07)

• “Hot Politics”—PBS FRONTLINE program and extended interviews online (26 Apr 07)

• GAP and UCS call on Commerce Dept. to suspend new restrictive media policy (23 Apr 07)

• PBS FRONTLINE “Hot Politics” of global warming on April 24 (22 Apr 07)

• “Dante’s Inferno: Green Edition”—The Eighth Circle (22 Apr 07)

• Bush administration is #1 on 2007 annual list of Jefferson Muzzle “winners” (21 Apr 07)

• UPDATE on IPCC Working Group II Climate Change Impacts Assessment Report (19 Apr 07)

• Upcoming screenings of global warming documentary “Everything’s Cool” (08 Apr 07)

• The Supreme Court, global warming, clean energy, and “Everything’s Cool” (08 Apr 07)

• The IPCC scientists “Final Draft” on climate change impacts before government editing negotiations (07 Apr 07)

• New IPCC report identifies observed and future impacts of global climate change (06 Apr 07)

• NY Times reports on leaked IPCC assessment of climate change impacts (04 Apr 07)

• Supreme Court rules Clean Air Act gives EPA authority to regulate greenhouse gases (02 Apr 07)

March

• House Science Committee takes a step toward protecting honest climate science communication (30 Mar 07)

• NY Times columnist Thomas Friedman on Phil Cooney (29 Mar 07)

• GAP issues in-depth report on political interference at climate science research agencies (27 Mar 07)

• ABCnews.com: “Exclusive: Report Charges Broad White House Efforts to Stifle Climate Research” (27 Mar 07)

• House Science Committee hearing March 28 on media strategies to distort climate science (27 Mar 07)

• House Oversight Committee hearing March 19 will be broadcast live on C-SPAN TV and radio (18 Mar 07)

• House Science Committee chairs question 11 federal agencies about science media openness policies (17 Mar 07)

• House approves landmark whistleblower legislation with protection for scientific freedom (17 Mar 07)

• GAP press release: Monday House Hearing to Feature Cooney, Hansen, Deutsch (16 Mar 07)

• Cooney, Hansen, and Connaughton testify before House Oversight Committee (15 Mar 07)

• Misleading NY Times article on Gore film gets deserved excoriation by RealClimate (14 Mar 07)

• GAP letter to the NOAA Administrator on criteria for media policy reform (13 Mar 07)

• House Oversight Committee to hold second hearing on political interference with climate science (13 Mar 07)

• Panel at National Press Club agrees the public’s right to know is frequently compromised (13 Mar 07)

• More on the Administration’s long-withheld U.S. Climate Action Report (12 Mar 07)

• Open the Government, Sunshine Week 2007: “Closed Doors; Open Democracies?” (11 Mar 07)

February

• Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to hold March 1 hearing on global warming (26 Feb 07)

• “An Inconvenient Truth”—Best Documentary Feature (26 Feb 07)

• Vice President’s global warming views at odds with majority of climate scientists (23 Feb 07)

• AAAS Board Statement: Climate change caused by human activities is a growing threat (20 Feb 07)

• Closed Doors; Open Democracies? A national dialogue on government openness (20 Feb 07)

• “Everything’s Cool” global warming documentary has first New York City screening on February 20 (19 Feb 07)

• Climate Science Watch interview on EcoTalk, Air America Radio (19 Feb 07)

• AAAS President John Holdren urges action on climate change, energy system, and sustainability (17 Feb 07)

• Earthbeat radio: Climate science censorship and Congressional oversight (16 Feb 07)

• House Committee Unanimously Approves Whistleblower Protections (16 Feb 07)

• Senate Commerce climate science hearing follow-up: News reports (14 Feb 07)

• Senate Commerce Feb. 7 climate science hearing follow-up: Witness testimony and archived Webcast (14 Feb 07)