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Founded in 1987 and based in Oakland, California the Pacific Institute is an independent, nonpartisan think-tank studying issues at the intersection of development, environment, and security.

The Institute´s Integrity of Science Initiative responds to and counters the assault on science and scientific integrity in the public policy arena, especially on issues related to water, climate change, and security.

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While the Pacific Institute's Integrity of Science Program is only a little over a year old, the Pacific Institute is celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2007.

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That's All, Folks

This is the last post for the Pacific Institute's Integrity of Science blog. We've really enjoyed our time at ScienceBlogs and think this is a great community. To quote a walrus, "You're such a lovely audience, we'd like to take...

Posted on August 31, 2007 2:41 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

Surgeon General: Attacking the Messenger

Fox News attempts to shine the spotlight in the fmr. Surgeon General's eyes.

Posted on July 24, 2007 7:00 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

A Blueprint for Reconciling Faith and Science?

Can a man of devout faith and great scientific wisdom show the rest of us how to better get along?

Posted on July 23, 2007 12:35 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

... or Convenient Fiction? News at 11

Bay Area residents -- check out ABC 7 tonight for a story on climate change.

Posted on April 12, 2007 5:20 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

White House Office's Two-Fisted Assault on Science in Policymaking

With a calculator in one hand and a red pen in the other, the White House Office of Management and Budget is in an ugly light when it comes to scientific integrity and policymaking.

Posted on April 6, 2007 5:44 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

A Week of Testimonies

If you were watching CSPAN, last week was a banner one if you're concerned about scientific integrity. Thankfully, we can stream the past.

Posted on March 26, 2007 6:59 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

House Passes Protections for Scientist

The U.S. House today approved new protections for federal scientists.

Posted on March 14, 2007 5:21 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

In D.C., Cherry Picking Data Is In Season

In a green house gas emissions assertion made last month, the White House hand was covering 2/3 of the scorecard.

Posted on March 12, 2007 6:04 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

We're Back, With a Funny

We're back, in time to call attention to last week's "This Modern World."

Posted on March 7, 2007 4:03 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

Hearing of the Week: Executive Order Impacts on Regulatory Agencies

Two House subcommittees are asking today whether President Bush's amendment of Executive Order 12866 is "good governance or regulatory usurpation?"

Posted on February 13, 2007 12:40 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

Washington's Attacks on Science "Pervasive"

Pacific Institute president Peter Gleick's testimony submitted to Wednesday's Senate Hearing.

Posted on February 8, 2007 2:54 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

Administration Testimony: One + One Still = Three

Administration comments at today's Senate Hearing on Climate Change Research and Scientific Integrity add to the doublespeak pile, dodge specific allegations.

Posted on February 7, 2007 11:09 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

It's going to busy week
Part II: The IPCC Report and Backlash (both ways)

The IPCC will be releasing the first of four reports on Friday, including a 12-page summary of policy recommendations.

Posted on January 29, 2007 3:16 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

It's going to be a busy a week
Part I: Congressional Hearing on Political Interference

On Tuesday, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform will be holding a hearing on "Political Interference with the work of Government Climate Change Scientists."

Posted on January 29, 2007 1:09 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

New Oversight Policy Bad for Science-based Decisionmaking

Bush's new amendments to a Clinton-era executive order are a pox on scientific policy making and not for the weak of stomach.

Posted on January 19, 2007 2:44 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

EPA Library Closure Policy on Hold

The new Congress has stepped in and prevented further closures of EPA libraries.

Posted on January 17, 2007 12:04 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

Other Stories

Some stories we're curious about but won't have time to blog.

Posted on January 17, 2007 11:36 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

White House Staying the Course on Climate Change

Staying the course with unpopular science: The White House on Tuesday denied it was planning a U-turn on its climate change policy.

Posted on January 16, 2007 2:55 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

Climate Change Joins Sex Ed, Skeptics Net a Win

The Federal Way (Washington) School Board has placed a moratorium on the showing of "An Inconvenient Truth" in its classrooms.

Posted on January 11, 2007 11:43 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

Friday Wrap Up

Union of Concerned Scientists on the tobacco/climate connection, Willard Scott, and a cure turns out to be myth.

Posted on January 5, 2007 3:27 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

Politicization and "Fundamentalist Environmentalism"

Catching up on the stories we missed while away from our computer.

Posted on December 29, 2006 4:16 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

AGU Epilogue 3: Presentations now online

Four of the five presentations from last week's American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting panel discussion, "Defining and Protecting the Integrity of Science: New Challenges for the 21st Century," are now online.

Posted on December 20, 2006 6:21 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

Media Recap and Blogroll

News and blog highlights from today and the weekend.

Posted on December 18, 2006 5:59 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

AGU Epilogue 2: Deflecting Disinformation

More education won't erase the confusion about the scientific consensus on climate change, says Dr. Naomi Oreskes. The key is in taking on deliberate disinformation campaigns.

Posted on December 18, 2006 9:53 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

AGU Epilogue 1: More Al Gore coverage

A sampling of mainstream media coverage of the Gore talk.

Posted on December 15, 2006 3:25 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

Al Gore on Censorship and the "Prison of Illusions"

In today's lecture before the American Geophysical Union, Vice President Al Gore was stripped down and refocused.

Posted on December 14, 2006 5:56 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

AGU Day 4: Jim Hansen and Goreticipation

"I speak today as myself and not as a spokesman for NASA," Dr. Jim Hansen

Posted on December 14, 2006 9:56 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

Talking Science Integrity at AGU

"Pernicious interference (in federal agencies) is becoming more than skin deep." Dr. Francesca Grifo Union of Concerned Scientists

Posted on December 13, 2006 9:02 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

BBC to Skeptics: Show Your Hand

On December 1, BBC News issued a challenge to skeptics claiming that science is biased.

Posted on December 8, 2006 12:52 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

Introducing the Integrity of Science Blog

Welcome to the Integrity of Science Blog, a project of the Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security. The Pacific Institute's Integrity of Science Initiative responds to and counters the assault on science and scientific integrity in the...

Posted on December 7, 2006 3:44 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

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