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No that is not what this topic is about Stripey, read Samantha's explanation of what the thread is meant to be about, in her wishes anyway.
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In the early days of the Bush presidency, Vice President Dick Cheney came under attack for drafting a national energy policy in secret. Now, as the Bush presidency winds down, Cheney is again coming under attack for his behind-the-scenes efforts to play down the threats of global warming in order to thwart regulation of greenhouse gas emissions.
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), who chairs the Senate Environment Committee, leveled the attack today, accusing the vice president and other administration officials of "recklessly" seeking to censor testimony about the dangers of global warming and working behind the scenes to block new regulation.
"This cover-up is being directed from the White House and the office of the vice president," she said.
Joining her at a Capitol Hill news conference was a former high-ranking Environmental Protection Agency official, Jason Burnett, who said he had been told by the vice president’s office -– he declined to give a name -– to change testimony highlighting the threat of greenhouse gas emissions.
He said that he also sent the White House an e-mail finding that greenhouse gas emissions pose a threat but shortly thereafter, "I was asked to send a follow-up note saying that the e-mail had been sent in error."
Boxer said she believes that the testimony from Burnett, whom she plans to bring before her committee later this month, will help California and other states overcome Bush administration opposition to implementing their own vehicle emission standards.
Burnett acknowledged that he has contributed to Democratic candidates but said, "Following the law and responding to the Supreme Court is not a partisan issue." The court ruled last year that greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide, were subject to federal regulation.
Cheney's spokeswoman, Lea Anne McBride, was ready with a response: "We won't discuss internal deliberations."
The issues Boxer raised reflected only the most recent escalation in a fight between congressional Democrats and the White House over a number of the administration's actions relating to the environment. Recently, the White House invoked executive privilege in refusing to turn over documents to a congressional committee investigating EPA's decision to deny California permission to implement its own vehicle emission standards.
-- Richard Simon
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The Bush admin has been editing and censoring science for the whole 8 years. It's all for greed and to line their own pockets. They are oil men. They don't care about the earth and the fact that fossil fuels are destroying our atmosphere.
Cheney is all about secrecy and fixing the intelligence for war and lying about global warming.
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The bush admin has been changing facts and censoring science for almost 8 years... that fits with the article quoted...
They are oil men... that was true when they were elected, and I'm sure it still is today... and oil men don't like emissions controls... it cuts into their bottom line... that fits too...
They don't care about the earth... their policies prove that... so that fits too
Cheney is all about secrecy... do you deny this? based on what?
so... is the crack about Iraq what you are up in arms about? ya know... there has been a lot of speculation that they cooked their facts to get us into that war, and now this article says they are cooking the facts in order to keep from doing anything about Global Warming...
so even the Iraq comment fits as well...