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NASA internal investigation finds press-office climate distortion
An investigation by NASA’s inspector general has found that the agency’s press office repeatedly distorted climate-change research findings and limited its scientists’ access to the media between 2004 and 2006. NASA scientist James Hansen first spoke out about the press-office distortion to major news outlets two years ago, leading the agency to eventually alter its […]
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Snippets from the news
• U.S. Senate votes 74-14 to debate the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act — or at least debate whether to debate it. • NASA “marginalized, or mischaracterized” studies on global warming. • New York City experiences bike shortages. • Quebec and Ontario team up to tackle global warming. • Poachers take a toll on rhinos in […]
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World’s third-largest tropical rainforest disappearing quickly
Papua New Guinea is home to the world’s third-largest tropical rainforest, but the country is experiencing such rampant deforestation that more than half of its tree cover could be lost by 2021, says a new study. “Forests in Papua New Guinea are being logged repeatedly and wastefully with little regard for the environmental consequences and […]
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Yet another international climate meeting gets rollin’
Yet another round of international climate talks has kicked off, this time in Bonn, Germany. More than 2,000 delegates from 162 countries will chit-chat over the next two weeks about the details of an agreement to succeed the Kyoto Protocol. But no significant steps forward are expected out of Bonn; most major decisions on the […]
