«In retrospect, having
oil industry lobbyists edit our climate reports was probably a bad idea.»
Not exact matches
Last month, the New York Times reported that Phil Cooney, a former
oil industry lobbyist working for the White House,
edited scientific climate change reports to significantly exaggerate uncertainty about the science behind global warming.
The
edits shown are by Philip Cooney, a lawyer -
lobbyist who had earlier helped lead
oil industry opposition to limits on greenhouse gases, then became chief of staff for the White House Council on Environmental Quality and altered many statements.