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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 ViolaLee View Post
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?
I don't recall, honestly; I wouldn't be surprised for it to have happened, though. I'll look into it.

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Originally Posted by ViolaLee
OK I guess you need more news stories on this particular science censorship.

Here they are.
I've read several of those already; they mostly seem to feed off each other with no new information given, just more confusion on the matter. You're wrong when you say "I must need more news stories," since news stories are a terrible way to prove your point. The "news" comes from something, and in this case, the articles were sparked by Jason Burnett's letter and Senator Boxer's statement.

What we have in the letter is evidence that the White House didn't want the EPA to find that greenhouse gases endangered the public, a finding that would apparently obligate the agency to act according to the Supreme Court's decision (according to Burnett). We also have evidence that the Council on Environmental Quality and the Office of the VP sought to delete parts of Gerberding's testimony last October (which apparently ended up happening). However, we have to look at the source of the evidence itself; a former employee that resigned from the EPA becaue he was fed up with a lack of progress, who is also a staunch Democrat. Now, the letter is significant, but it isn't conclusive evidence. So until further information comes about, all we can reasonably say is that elements of the administration are accused of interfering with an EPA finding and Congressional testimony that support the finding of certain greenhouse gases being a danger to public health. I think you and I can agree that that is a far cry from "Cheney censors global warming facts."

Edit: According to this guy, the original December 2007 draft finding was leaked, and he has a link. This is supposedly what the White House did not want to be the official EPA finding. Edit again: woops, nevermind. This is the updated draft after the email that is supposedly being ignored by the administration.
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