science and politics

- It was a tough call as to whether to put this in the USA Politics forum or in the Science one, so I made a command decision and decided to put it in the former, and I'll let the mods figure it out (Sorry Mods :boxedin:). - - RELATED ARTICLE: This is an old article, but I thought it was...

With the (mostly) undisputed threat of Global Warming causing temperatures to rise by at least 2° and the unwillingness of countries to make strong decisions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions ... ... would you support technological methods to reduce Global Warming without solving the CO2...

When scientists give information and warnings based on that information, only to have politics disagrees, there seems to be a pattern: Scientists say, "We believe this is true, and suggest that unless we take some sort of action, bad things will happen" Politicians and people with vested...

From SkS: Peter Wehner has impeccable conservative credentials, having served under Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and most recently, as deputy assistant to Pres. George W. Bush. He resides at the "Ethics & Public Policy Center," a neo-con think tank. After a long look at the evidence, Wehner...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11989225 What could possibly go wrong with a free market in forensic science? :boggled:

Even McCain has jumped ship and joined the ranks of anti-science woo-mongers who are now the mainstream of the entire party Vale, conservative reason :(

So, we all come together, the peoples of Earth, and solve the Climate Change issue with some sort of new technology. Global Warming is stopped, we all gather on a huge grassy hill, join hands, buy the world a Coke and sing songs. But what is the global temperature that Earth Climate is going to...

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/climategate-and-the-law-senator-inhofe-to-ask-for-congressional-criminal-investigation-pajamas-mediapjtv-exclusive/ http://tinyurl.com/yeq28hh "Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) today asked the Obama administration to investigate what he called “the greatest scientific...

We have been gored by Gore! Strange case of moving weather posts and a scientist under siege http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/feb/01/dispute-weather-fraud …..It is well-known that the concrete, bricks and asphalt of urban areas absorb more heat than the countryside. They result in...

The Home Secretary sacked his drugs advisor after he questioned the governments reclassification of cannabis and stated that the drug was less dangerous than alcohol and tobacco. On the BBC News tonight he claimed the government were pursuing a moral course...

Polar bear expert barred by global warmists Remember when the Bush White House was accused of being anti science? There's no need to feel nostalgic, just find the news the main stream media doesn't want you to read. Hope 'n Change, except for everything that stayed the same. Contrary views...

Title: Fifty years on, CP Snow's 'Two Cultures' are united in desperation Subtitle: In a famous lecture 50 years ago, CP Snow warned that science and arts were becoming 'two cultures' - but the problem now is far, far worse URL...

I see that Obama has equivocated (at best) on vaccines and autism. link Has he reversed this stance yet? I can understand him speaking from ignorance as a throwaway comment, but I'd hope that someone has pointed out to him in the meantime that the science is conclusive.

President-elect Barack Obama on Saturday named a Harvard physicist and a marine biologist to science posts, signaling a change from Bush administration policies on global warming that were criticized for putting politics over science. ""Because the truth is that promoting science isn't just...

I'm currently reading a book called the "Republican war on Science" by Chris Mooney. I'm in the first few chapters but in it he explains the history of mixing politics with science and how politicians often distort, ignore and censor any scientific facts that disagree with them or their...

I saw Chris Mooney speak last night and I was disappointed in the talk but my guess is the book would be better. He was "interviewed" by a very left wing (but not particularly knowledgable) host in front of a anti-Bush crowd. The format prevented Mooney from give much more than superficial...

Chris Mooney has written a book called "The Republican War on Science." It talks about evolution, the environment and stem cells among other topics. I think it will be released this week but he already has a web page about it. http://www.waronscience.com/introduction.php Since I have not read...

I happened across a thread in another forum and discovered that the recent paper by McIntyre and McKitrick have perculated up to some interestingly high and influential places. Namely, The Committee on Energy and Commerce. Several letters officially requesting answers from Mann, et al, can be...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- A White House official, who previously worked for the American Petroleum Institute, has repeatedly edited government climate reports in a way that downplays links between greenhouse gas emissions and global warming, The New York Times reported Wednesday. Philip Cooney...

McIntrye's site Seems Nature's peer review wasn't up to snuff on Mann's hockeystick paper. It also seems that those that pooh-poohed the McIntyre & McKitrick assessment that I mentioned in this thread because it was published in Energy & Environment instead of Nature, might wish to...

The Bush Dept. of Justice was investigating a professor who is actively promoting evolution. Apparently he requires students to affirm they believe it in in order to get his Med School recommendation. The DOJ was pursuing the idea that is discriminatory. But is it? Doesn't he have a right to...