Anybody know who this Marcus Peacock guy is?
Update [2005-6-2 14:13:59 by Dave Roberts]: Hm, he appears to be an OMB guy involved in measuring the effectiveness of scientific programs, which probably means you'll be hearing the phrase "sound science" tossed around even more.
Also, this is not promising. Seems he was involved in the arsenic-in-drinking-water shenanigans back in 2001.
It has now come to our attention that in December of 2000 and January and February of 2001, various industries, persons, and organizations submitted information and documents to EPA transition team members setting forth their views on executive orders, rulemakings, including final rules, and lawsuits that should be reviewed by the new Administration. ...
We are also aware that two members of the core transition team for the EPA, Mr. John Howard and Mr. Marcus Peacock, now occupy senior positions at the White House and the Office of Management and Budget respectively. A third key transition team member, Mr. James Connaughton, represents in his private law practice one of the mining companies, ASARCO, Inc. that was advocating no change in the 1942 standard of 50 ppb for arsenic in drinking water.
Update [2005-6-2 14:21:17 by Dave Roberts]: Ah, looks like he was also involved in drafting the infamous study that justified Bush's backpedaling on his promise to limit CO2 emissions. From the NYT:
None of the authors was a scientist. The team consisted of Cesar Conda, an adviser to Vice President Dick Cheney and now a political consultant; Andrew Lundquist, the White House energy policy director, who is now an energy lobbyist; Kyle E. McSlarrow, the chairman of Dan Quayle's 2000 presidential campaign and now deputy secretary of energy; Robert C. McNally Jr., an energy and economic analyst who is now an investment banker; Karen Knutson, a deputy on energy policy and a former Republican Senate aide; and Marcus Peacock, an analyst on science and energy issues from the Office of Management and Budget. They concluded that Mr. Bush could continue to say he believed that global warming was occurring but make a case that "any specific policy proposals or approaches aimed at addressing global warming must await further scientific inquiry."
