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Old 07-08-2008
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Re: Cheney censors global warming facts

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Originally Posted by Luap View Post
I can't tell exactly what the premise of the thread is, but going by the title, it seems to be that "Cheney censored global-warming facts," which is bogus because the thread provided nothing to back up such an assertion.
Don't you remember all the stories a few years back about how the Bush admin was censoring and changing the scientific documents about global warming? Well I'm not surprised it's happening again. Are you?

OK I guess you need more news stories on this particular science censorship.

Here they are.

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Cheney wanted cuts in climate testimony
By H. JOSEF HEBERT – 8 hours ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Dick Cheney's office pushed for major deletions in congressional testimony on the public health consequences of climate change, fearing the presentation by a leading health official might make it harder to avoid regulating greenhouse gases, a former EPA officials maintains.

When six pages were cut from testimony on climate change and public health by the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last October, the White House insisted the changes were made because of reservations raised by White House advisers about the accuracy of the science.

But Jason K. Burnett, until last month the senior adviser on climate change to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen Johnson, says that Cheney's office was deeply involved in getting nearly half of the CDC's original draft testimony removed.

"The Council on Environmental Quality and the office of the vice president were seeking deletions to the CDC testimony (concerning) ... any discussions of the human health consequences of climate change," Burnett has told the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.
The Associated Press: Cheney wanted cuts in climate testimony

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Cheney Aides Altered CDC Testimony, Agency Official Says
Ex-Administrator Says Official From Vice President's Office Edited Out Six Pages
washingtonpost.com

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Bloomberg.com: Worldwide

Cheney pushed for cuts in climate change testimony | ajc.com

Senator says White House in climate change cover up | Reuters

McClatchy Washington Bureau | 07/08/2008 | White House interfered in climate testimony, ex-EPA official says

To deny Cheney masterminded this, after the Bush admin's already been caught censoring science, is like denying I'm a Bush basher. LOL!!!!!