The Bush administration is at it again. It is suppressing
scientific views that run contrary to the administration's line.
NO, WAIT! It's the Obama administration that is conducting
a war on science. It appears that the EPA has suppressed a
report solely because it contradicted the president's belief in
imminent catastrophe due to global warming.
Reports Declan McCullagh for CBS News:
The Environmental Protection Agency may have suppressed an
internal report that was skeptical of claims about global
warming, including whether carbon dioxide must be strictly
regulated by the federal government, according to a series of
newly disclosed e-mail messages.
Less than two weeks before the agency
formally submitted its pro-regulation recommendation
to the White House, an EPA center director quashed
a 98-page report that warned against making hasty
"decisions based on a scientific hypothesis that does not
appear to explain most of the available data."
Not only was the researcher's report not forwarded. He was
told to stop working on climate change and to instead update the
agency's grants database.
This is all so confusing. I thought we were living in the
era of change, of openness, of liberalism and tolerance!
About the Author
Doug Bandow is a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute and the Senior Fellow in International Religious Persecution at the Institute on Religion and Public Policy. A former Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan, he is author of Beyond Good Intentions: A Biblical View of Politics (Crossway).