[mea] NYT article: Bush Aide Edited Climate Reports
- From: "Cheri Frazer" <cfrazer@xxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 23:23:04 -0000
New York Times (online):
NATIONAL DESK | June 8, 2005, Wednesday
BUSH AIDE EDITED CLIMATE REPORTS
By ANDREW C. REVKIN (NYT) 1397 words
Late Edition - Final , Section A , Page 1 , Column 2
ABSTRACT - Internal documents show that White House official Philip A Cooney,
who once led oil industry fight against limits on greenhouse gases, has
repeatedly edited government climate reports in ways that play down links
between such emissions and global warming; Cooney is now chief of staff for
White House Council on Environmental Quality; dozens of wording changes
convey air of doubt about findings that most climate experts say are robust;
examples; photos of altered pages; Cooney, lawyer with no scientific
training, was American Petroleum Institute lobbyist leading 'climate team'
until 2001; documents were obtained by The New York Times from Government
Accountability Project, which helps whistle-blowers and is representing Rick
S Piltz, who resigned in March from government office that issued documents
edited by Cooney; Piltz says White House editing and other actions threaten
to taint effort to clarify climate issue (M)
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/08/politics/08climate.html?
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