Tuesday - December 11, 2007

Another Bubble Burst

I was listening to NPR this week while they breathlessly reported (with glee) that a report had been released that showed conclusivly that president Bush had been telling the national hurricane center, NOAA and NASA what to say in their reports on global warming.  Henry Waxman’s committee published the report yesterday and it was picked up and touted every hour.  Here’s a sample:

For the past 16 months, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has been investigating allegations of political interference with government climate change science under the Bush Administration.

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The White House exerted unusual control over the public statements of federal scientists on climate change issues. It was standard practice for media requests to speak with federal scientists on climate change matters to be sent to CEQ for White House approval. By controlling which government scientists could respond to media inquiries, the White House suppressed dissemination of scientific views that could conflict with Administration policies. The White House also edited congressional testimony regarding the science of climate change.

But then I see a link on Hot Air to an ABC News story where Max Mayfield, the former director of the Hurricane Center, refutes the report.

Max Mayfield: ‘No One Forced Me to Say Anything’

The former director of the National Hurricane Center says political pressure did not cause him to change his congressional testimony to downplay the link between global warming and hurricanes — contradicting the findings of a Democratic led investigation released Monday.

I can truthfully say that no one told me at any time what to say in regard to possible impacts of climate change on tropical cyclones,” said Max Mayfield in an e-mail to ABC News.

Mayfield was responding to questions about a section in a new report titled “Political Interference With Climate Change Science Under the Bush Administration” — the end result of a 16-month investigation by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. The committee is chaired by Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif.

Sweet.  The Dems have to hate it when you can actually get the truth and not have to only hear it from their mouthpieces.

Posted by Drew458     on 12/11/2007 at 01:42 PM   
Filed Under: • Climate-Weather • Democrats-Liberals-Moonbat Leftists • Media-Bias • News-Briefs •  
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