Bush Administration To Climate Experts: STFU?

Bush administration solution to global warming? Pretend it doesn't exist.

What responsible leaders we have!

From the NY Times: Climate Expert Says NASA Tried to Silence Him

The top climate scientist at NASA says the Bush administration has tried to stop him from speaking out since he gave a lecture last month calling for prompt reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases linked to global warming.

The scientist, James E. Hansen, longtime director of the agency's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, said in an interview that officials at NASA headquarters had ordered the public affairs staff to review his coming lectures, papers, postings on the Goddard Web site and requests for interviews from journalists...

I'm not entirely convinced there was a conspiracy to silence this one guy, but the administration's hostility toward science is well known, so at the same time I'm sure they weren't exactly gonna encourage the publication of his work.

The Washington Post has a related article:
Scientists Debate Issue of Climate's Irreparable Change

Some Experts on Global Warming Foresee 'Tipping Point' When It Is Too Late to Act