2007Mar9: Some US government scientists are not allowed to talk about subjects like polar bears, sea ice, and global warming at meetings held abroad. “This [George W. Bush] administration has a long history of censoring speech and science on global warming”, Eben Burnham-Snyder of the Natural Resources Defense Council said in an interview with CNN (SF Chronicle, 2007).
Reference: San Francisco Chronicle. 2007. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/03/09/MNGBQOIBMG1.DTL
Image Description: Polar Bears. Photo Credit is given to Steve Armstrup, US Fish and Wildlife Service. Image Location: US Department of Interior. http://www.doi.gov/photos/12272006_photos.html Image Permission: This image is a work of a United States Department of Justice employee, taken or made during the course of an employee’s official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.
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