SUPPRESSING science that doesn’t toe the White House line is standard procedure at US federal agencies.
Last year two workers at NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration accused PR officers of muzzling climate scientists (Â鶹´«Ã½, 25 February 2006, p 7). Now two non-profit groups based in Washington DC have investigated seven government agencies to see how pervasive the practice is.
The Union of Concerned Scientists and the Government Accountability Project surveyed almost 300 scientists, carried out 40 interviews and searched thousands of the agencies’ internal documents. Over 40 per cent of survey respondents reported pressure to…
