From the Union of Concerned Scientists * All Rights Reserved
From the UCS website:
This year’s Science Idol contest is over, but political interference in science continues. Achieving substantive solutions to the problem will require the persistent and energetic engagement of both scientists and citizens.
- If you're a scientist, engineer, or health professional with an advanced degree, join 12,000 of your colleagues as a signer on the Scientist statement on scientific integrity.
- If you’re a non-scientist who wants to be kept informed about ways to defend science from political interference, sign the Citizens Call-to-Action.
The Latest News
Political interference in science has been all over the news recently. We thought you’d like to be aware of the following developments:
- Former Surgeon General Richard Carmona reported he was muzzled from speaking about topics like stem cell research and sex education.
- Vice President Dick Cheney was accused of personally interfering to change the science around endangered salmon.
- A federal judge blocked the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) from implementing new cattle grazing regulations because they were based on manipulated science.
- Tuesday, a presidential executive order went into effect that would place political appointees deeper inside federal scientific agencies where they could more easily prevent inconvenient science from ever seeing the light of day.
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5 comments:
The past 8 years have been a heartbreak to me - solely as an environmentalist. I was crushed during Bush's first day of office when he overturned an important Clean Water Act provision that Clinton had put in place before he left office. I think the current administration has gone downhill from there.
Wow! That's saying it (still reading your comments on leaving a comment)
Here from BC - like your new blog very interesting.
The truth - great pick for endangered. I read a lot of scientific journals and it's amazing the number that focus on a single conclusion (when there are multiple), forget to mention the study is funded by a vested interest group such as a pharmaceutical company or bury the fact that the study was on fruit flies, when heck there is just a wee chance that fruit flies have a different biology to humans. Similar is not the same!
Okay rant over
p.s. Will you be offended if I copy your comments box idea? it won't be identical but I like the idea of fleshing out the 'Leave your Comment' box...
@karmyn-Yes, I think he has managed to undo everything gained in the past 20 years. I try not to get depressed, but its like they are giving the entire planet away.
@talia-This is the reduced version. I had a much longer version that I just cut down. LOL Feel free to use.
Blogger has added some tricks lately, you may view the ones I have found
Blogger Updated Again
Thanks. Will check out the updates
I've been lobbying for them to enable posts scheduled in advance but it doesn't seem to be a priority for them
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