Hot on the trails of a KGB-like move by the White House to control its scientific agencies, today was the beginning of Senate hearings into alleged manipulations of science reports by the Bush Administration. Shocking, really. And this is supposed to be the most civilized, free, and democratic country in the world? Mass delusion is more like it. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. scientists felt pressured to tailor their writings on global warming to fit...
This Site Created and Managed By:
Scientists
Scientists’ Report Documents ExxonMobil’s Tobacco-like Disinformation Campaign on Global Warming Science
WASHINGTON, DC, Jan. 3–A new report from the Union of Concerned Scientists offers the most comprehensive documentation to date of how ExxonMobil has adopted the tobacco industry’s disinformation tactics, as well as some of the same organizations and personnel, to cloud the scientific understanding of climate change and delay action on the issue. According to the report, ExxonMobil has funneled nearly $16 million between 1998 and 2005 to a network of 43 advocacy organizations...
Middle Stance Emerges in Debate Over Climate
By ANDREW C. REVKIN Published: January 1, 2007, The New York Times Amid the shouting lately about whether global warming is a human-caused catastrophe or a hoax, some usually staid climate scientists in the usually invisible middle are speaking up. The discourse over the issue has been feverish since Hurricane Katrina. Seizing the moment, many environmental campaigners, former Vice President Al Gore and some scientists have portrayed the growing human influence on the climate...
Carl Sagan: paying hommage to an American hero
Today marks the tenth anniversary of the death of Carl Sagan, he would have been 72. Carl was in my opinion, one of the greatest Americans that ever lived, certainly one of the greatest Americans of the 20th century. He was an extremely intelligent, generous, passionate, compassionate, articulate, and devoted man and scientist. He devoted his life to science, and communicating his love of science to people. Carl was single-handedly responsible for getting me...