The Trump administration is scrutinizing studies and data published by scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency, while new work is under a "temporary hold" before it can be released.Ericksen, by the way, is a climate science denier. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported:
The communications director for President Donald Trump's transition team at EPA, Doug Ericksen, said Wednesday the review extends to all existing content on the federal agency's website, including details of scientific evidence showing that the Earth's climate is warming and man-made carbon emissions are to blame.
Ericksen clarified his earlier statements he made to The Associated Press, which reported that the Trump administration was mandating that any studies or data from EPA scientists undergo review by political appointees before they can be released to the public. He said he was speaking about existing scientific information on the EPA website that is under review by members of the Trump administration's transition team.
Two years ago, State Sen. Cyrus Habib (now lieutenant governor) introduced an amendment saying that climate change is real and caused by humans. It was gutted and replaced with a weaker one from Ericksen saying humans "may" contribute to climate change.Yea, I guess that's one of those "alternative facts" we keep hearing about.
Back to the Trump science. It looks like if the pussy-grabber's political appointees don't like what they see, the science doesn't get released to the public. It looks like if it doesn't pass political muster, it goes down the memory hole.
If it's incorrect politically, it won't exist, officially.
You see where I'm going with this right? Look at the title of the blog post.
Pennsylvania Senator Bob Casey tweeted:
True.If confirmed this would be deeply disturbing. Science should be the only consideration in these studies, not politics. https://t.co/iDT5jEt624— Senator Bob Casey (@SenBobCasey) January 25, 2017
No word yet on how the other Pennsylvania Senator (a climate science denier), Pat Toomey sees Donald Trump's scientific politically correctness.
Alternative facts aren't facts. They're falsehoods.
3 comments:
https://twitter.com/sirfith/status/821504368524623873
Senator Bob Casey @SenBobCasey
Disappointed to say the least that Ed Sec Nominee DeVos refused to commit to enforcing current law on campus sexual assault. #DeVosHearing
SocialJusticePaladin @sirfith
@sztownsend81 @SenBobCasey Using Title IX to deny Due Process rights by fiat is not "enforcing current law on campus sexual assault."
Wow. TWO off-topic nut cases.
Try to get on topic, guys.
"Try to get on topic, guys."
You quoted Bob Casey as a moral authority.
HA HA HA HA HA
"More media hype that turns out to be not as unprecedented and dictatorial as originally portrayed."
https://twitter.com/RBPundit/status/825004664517046272
"A career EPA official says Trump’s "gag orders" are not gag orders, but standard practice/modeled on Obama’s actions"
https://twitter.com/Kia_Mak/status/824990607185702912
I know you do not believe in "Obama did it too" as a defense.
But Republicians did not compalin about EPA "gag orders".
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