Scientists allege White House pressure
by Casey on January 30th, 2007
U.S. scientists felt pressured to tailor their writings on global warming to fit the Bush administration’s skepticism, in some cases at the behest of an ex-oil industry lobbyist, a congressional committee heard on Tuesday.
“Our investigations found high-quality science struggling to get out,” Francesca Grifo of the watchdog group Union of Concerned Scientists told members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
A survey by the group found that 150 climate scientists personally experienced political interference in the past five years, for a total of at least 435 incidents.
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