Federal climate science research is at the forefront of assessing fundamental causes of global warming and the future dangers it could pose to our nation and the world.
(See our initial coverage of the CSSR in
Federal Climate Science Special Report Leaked: Clearance Process Raises Concerns Over Upcoming Climate Assessment Report, August 21, 2017).
Two
major federal climate science reports — one on climate change - induced extreme weather, the other on increasing difficulties in dealing with climate impacts on federal lands — were released last week with two nearly opposite communication strategies.
During the four - month fellowship, Nicky will watch over and report on key
US federal climate science obligations under law — especially those relating to communications to the President, Congress, and the public.
Currently, none expressly supports geoengineering research,
though federal climate science officials have been quietly reviewing the idea for the entirety of the Obama administration.
Some GOP lawmakers, including Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas, who chairs the House Science Committee, have
said federal climate science has become too politicized.
We have learned from various sources that the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy has cleared for publication two major
federal climate science synthesis reports, one on the Arctic and one on ecosystem thresholds, after holding them for... Continue reading →
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced the release of the reports yesterday, November 2, in a media advisory: «Experts to discuss
new federal climate science report for the U.S.» It announced that the CSSR and draft NCA4 were being released today.
As a
recent federal climate science report (co-authored by Hayhoe) noted, the 400 parts per million carbon dioxide level in the Pliocene «was sustained over long periods of time, whereas today the global CO2 concentration is increasing rapidly.»
As we reported in our previous blog,
Federal Climate Science Special Report Leaked: Clearance Process Raises Concerns Over Upcoming Climate Assessment Report (August 10, 2017), the USGCRP submitted a final clearance draft to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) on June 28, 2017.
High Praise for Joel Clement's Departing Remarks Not since whistleblower and CSPW founder Rick Piltz wrote a detailed, scathing memorandum in 2005 condemning the George W. Bush Administration for its chronic and politically - motivated censorship
of federal climate science have we seen a more strident take - down of White House officials for their actions around the climate change problem.
is a PhD student at ASU's School of Life Sciences where he is writing a dissertation about
US federal climate science research and its relationship to policy making.
Concerned that
our federal climate science and technology capabilities have suffered under the Bush administration, leaving the nation more vulnerable and less equipped to... Continue reading →
The Federal Climate Science Special Report from the U.S. Global Change Research Program — to give it its full grandiose title — was seized on by the liberal media as proof that President Trump is wrong on climate and that the «science» still supports all those greens, Democrats, RINOs and other pondlife demanding more action be taken to combat global warming.
Hopefully, we can avoid being crushed by the avalanche of FOIA request responses from
the federal climate science community.
The UCS - GAP report, Atmosphere of Pressure — Political Interference in
Federal Climate Science has brought to light numerous ways in which U.S. federal climate science has been filtered, suppressed, and manipulated in the last five years.
President Donald Trump outlined a fiscal 2018 budget request that asks Congress to stamp out
federal climate science and slash investment in energy innovation
By Nicky Sundt CSPW Senior Fellow «Frankly this report ought to be subjected to peer - reviewed, objective - reviewed methodology and evaluation,» said Scott Pruitt, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, when asked about the leaked draft of
a Federal Climate Science Special... Continue reading →
Out of concern that inappropriate political interference and media favoritism are compromising
federal climate science, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) and the Government Accountability Project (GAP) undertook independent investigations of federal climate science.
He rebuffed claims by Republican members that
federal climate science had been falsified.