To: Sully- who wrote (13599 ) 11/10/2004 9:56:04 AM From: zonder Read Replies (1) | Respond to Could THIS be why your myriad state department links don't appear convinced about global warming and its relation to our industrial world?NASA Scientist: Bush Stifles Global Warming Evidence space.com "In my more than three decades in government, I have never seen anything approaching the degree to which information flow from scientists to the public has been screened and controlled as it is now," James E. Hansen told a University of Iowa audience. the administration wants to hear only scientific results that "fit predetermined, inflexible positions." Evidence that would raise concerns about the dangers of climate change is often dismissed as not being of sufficient interest to the public. such warnings are consistently suppressed, while studies that cast doubt on such interpretations receive favorable treatment from the administration . reports that outline potential dangers of global warming are edited to make the problem appear less serious. "This process is in direct opposition to the most fundamental precepts of science," he said.
