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January 11, 2007
We checked The Onion, and this doesn't appear to be a joke.
The Federal Way (Washington) School Board has placed a moratorium on the showing of "An Inconvenient Truth" in its classrooms. The documentary of Al Gore's climate change campaign has dubiously joined Sex Ed and evolution in the list of…
January 11, 2007
Earlier this week, a special report in the Oregonian uncovered the recent efforts by the White House and Pentagon to stymie the Environmental Protection Agency's efforts to recommend safe levels of perchlorate (a component in solid rocket fuel) for water. Alex Pulaski reports in "Pentagon…
January 5, 2007
It's almost quittin' time, but here are a few stories we felt got the short shrift among New Year's excitement, inaugurations, and such ...
On Wednesday, the Union of Concerned Scientists released "Smoke, Mirrors & Hot Air: How ExxonMobil Uses Big Tobacco's Tactics to "Manufacture Uncertainty"…
December 29, 2006
We're catching up on the stories we missed while away from our computer. Here are a couple of standouts:
Tim Ball and Tom Harris of Canada's Natural Resources Stewardship Project are holding Canada's "Female Athlete of the Century" up as inadvertent spokesperson for the policy of let's-wait-and-see…
December 20, 2006
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.
Peter Gleick President, Pacific Institute (presiding);
“The Integrity of Science:…
December 18, 2006
We're playing catch-up from last week's meeting and getting ready for the holidays, so no commentary today, just links to some interesting stories.
More from AGU:Al Gore Urges Scientists to Speak Out on Climate Change Live ScienceGore Tells Scientists to be Vocal About Climate Change DailyTech…
December 18, 2006
There was one particularly good talk we weren't able to blog on Thursday. Between media magnets Jim Hansen and Vice President Al Gore, we caught a terrific talk from Dr. Naomi Oreskes entitled "Deflecting Disinformation about Climate Change." More science, Oreskes finds, has only a limited effect…
December 15, 2006
This week's American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting is quickly coming to a close. We've attended our last panel, an interesting couple hours on educating the public including folks from RealClimate.org, the Knight Science Journalism Tracker, BBC, and more. This will be the first of two posts that…
December 14, 2006
Earlier today at the 2006 American Geophysical Union's Fall Meeting in San Francisco, the former Vice President introduced himself, "I am Al Gore. I used to be the next President of the United States." Those who have seen "An Inconvenient Truth" will know the line, which predictably drew laughs.…
December 14, 2006
No need for coffee this morning, as the energy in the 8 a.m. session on communicating science (particularly global warming science) has a palpable stimulating effect all its own. The star of the loaded panel was certainly Dr. Jim Hansen of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and the…
December 13, 2006
At what point is the science certain enough on an issue?
Is there a line of policy involvement that scientists shouldn't cross?
What will the new Congress mean for science and scientists?
These were some of the questions aired at science integrity-related events at the American Geophysical Union's…
December 11, 2006
The annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union is taking place this week, and your friendly neighborhood Integrity of Science Blog will be in attendance. The Pacific Institute and the Union of Concerned Scientists will be presiding over the Tuesday morning session "Defining and Protecting the…
December 8, 2006
The "Green Room," a BBC News environmental opinion series, threw the gauntlet down to skeptics last week. In his column "Skeptics: Cards on the table please!" Richard Black issued a challenge to skeptics claiming that science is biased in favor of research confirming man-made climate change:
If…
December 7, 2006
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 public policy arena,…