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Rewriting Environmental Science

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the more-reasons-to-privatize dept.

Aqua OS X writes to tell us CBS News is reporting that government scientist James Hansen recently spoke out against the White House in an appearance on 60 Minutes. From the article: "Hansen is arguably the world's leading researcher on global warming. He's the head of NASA's top institute studying the climate. But this imminent scientist tells correspondent Scott Pelley that the Bush administration is restricting who he can talk to and editing what he can say. Politicians, he says, are rewriting the science."

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  1. interesting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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    It binds the galaxy together.