White House Edits Another Memo to Minimize Global Warming
The Bush White House has once again (see here and here) edited a climate change document to delete references to adverse effects, to question certainty and to directly challenge scientific warnings.
In a fax copy of the edited EPA document (attached), made public by the Environmental Defense Fund, editors at the White House Office of Management and Budget inserted the word "may" in place of "will," promoted research into the "benefits" of global warming and dismissed warnings of devastating storms with the question: "Is this relevant to the U.S.?"
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