NASA scientist warns of *'s policy about Global Warming

[idiosyncratic]

In a speech in Iowa City at the University of Iowa, James E. Hansen warns about how the public is being kept uniformed:

"In my more than three decades in government, I have never seen anything approaching the degree to which information flow from scientists to the public has been screened and controlled as it is now,"

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Hansen said the administration wants to hear only scientific results that "fit predetermined, inflexible positions." Evidence that would raise concerns about the dangers of climate change is often dismissed as not being of sufficient interest to the public. "This, I believe, is a recipe for environmental disaster."

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Hansen said he was speaking as a private citizen, not as a government employee, and paid his own way for the Iowa appearance. He described himself as moderately conservative, but said he will vote for John Kerry in the presidential election. "He certainly is not in denial of the existence of climate change problems," Hansen said.

http://apnews.myway.com//article/20041027/D85VTQDG0.html

[benburch]

1. Poor bastard will probably get a pink slip tomorrow.

That is how the Bush administration deals with malcontents...

[soupkitchen]

2. Global Warming, I thought you said Global Warmongering

[Moderator]

3. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=932024