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Suppressed EPA report suppressed for a good reason.
climatespin — (I'm going to stop making grand claims about restarting this blog. Posting will continue to be irregular. That's life.) I saw an interesting story on Huffington Post about an EPA report skeptical of global warming that has been "suppressed". Realclimate has the rundown on this report. A sample: So in summary, what we have is a ragbag collection of un-peer reviewed web pages, an unhealthy dose of sunstroke, a dash of astrology and more cherries than you can poke a cocktail stick at. Seriously, if that's the best they can do, the EPA's ruling ...

Memo to media: When the EPA ignores internal non-expert comments filled with falsehoods cut-and-paste from anti-science deniers, that isn’t “suppressing a report.” And why have you completely ignored a major scientific report revealing what a sham that “E
Climate Progress — ... say it’s the former, and they have spun some of the more gullible members of the status quo media, like CBS, who reported Friday: ...

Dude, Where’s My War on Science?
Discover Magazine | rsslist — ... –and just in time, as I have been repeatedly asked to comment on recent allegations that the Obama Environmental Protection Agency quashed a dissenting report on the science of global warming. So to all those who want me to condemn the current administration on this score, just as I condemned the previous one, here’s the thing: You just don’t get it. Moreover, the way in which you just don’t get it underscores how right-wingers managed to become such unrepentant abusers of science in the first place. The “war on science” argument that I made in my ...

Carlin Lives! Funnier than ever
Greenfyre's — ... TV (beta) Breaking News | Latest News | Current News – FOXNews.com Their blatant anti-science/reality bias is so overt and extreme I am surprised they haven’t tried to hire Christopher Booker. Much the same may be said for the The Wall Street Journal. Their typical coverage of climate issues may not sink to the depths that Fox does, but the difference is academic. More surprising was the CBS and the New York Times pieces. In his follow up post Hiskies noted EPA ...

Burned by the Press
It's Getting Hot In Here — ... said” soundbite or a paragraph buried on page A20. Fair and balanced has become more important than truthful and objective. I’m sorry to say the end result may be ink tainted with blood. We’ve all been burned by the press. Matt Dernoga is a senior government and politics major. He can be reached at mdernoga@umd.edu http://www.examiner.com/x-10722-Orlando-Science-Policy-Examiner~y2009m6d28-CBS-jumps-a-Whale-Shark (on CBS messing up story) http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/06/26/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry5117890.shtml (CBS’s ...