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NASA Was Muzzled on Climate Change

Posted Jun 3, 08 8:19 AM CDT in Science & Health,  Politics 

(Newser) – Political appointees at NASA withheld scientific results on global warming, NASA's inspector general has determined after an internal probe. Investigators found that the public affairs office, run by Bush appointees, suffered from political spinning that was "inconsistent" with the agency's responsibility to pass full information on to the public, the New York Times reports.

NASA "managed the topic of climate change in a manner that reduced, marginalized, or mischaracterized climate change science made available to the general public," said the report. One of the appointees disputes the charges, while others cite the report as "more evidence that the Bush administration’s appointees have put political ideology ahead of science."

Source New York Times

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The new report credits NASA administrator Michael Griffin with ensuring a quick review after it became clear that political appointees were distorting results of the agency's climate research.   (AP Photo/John Raoux)
The NASA shuttle Discovery successfully docked to the International Space Station, Monday, June 2, 2008. News on the ground isn't quite as good, as a new report criticzed the agency.   (AP Photo/NASA TV)
James E. Hansen has said that the Bush administration is trying to stifle scientific evidence of the dangers of global warming in an effort to keep the public uninformed.   (AP Photo)
Political appointees at the NOAA and NASA regularly distorted or withheld results of climate-change science from the public, a new investigation has concluded.   (AP Photo/NOAA)
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