Eep! Washington nastiness
It looks like the Bush administration is working even harder to squelch scientists saying things they don’t want the public to hear. I saw this link to the New York Times on BoingBoing, but BoingBoing didn’t show the scariest portion of the text:
At climate laboratories of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, for example, many scientists who routinely took calls from reporters five years ago can now do so only if the interview is approved by administration officials in Washington, and then only if a public affairs officer is present or on the phone.
Where scientists’ points of view on climate policy align with those of the administration, however, there are few signs of restrictions on extracurricular lectures or writing.
