[asa] ‘Corruption of Science’

Sorry for the double post - I have no idea why
the subject line didn't show up in the first post below. ~ Janice

At 12:47 PM 2/2/2007, Janice Matchett wrote:
>More ~ Janice
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>Also Check out:
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>MIT Climate Scientist Calls Fears of Global
>Warming 'Silly' - Equates Concerns to ‘Little
>Kids’ Attempting to "Scare Each Other"
><http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Minority.Blogs&ContentRecord_id=7e60e3fa-802a-23ad-4291-e3975cbb96cb&Region_id=&Issue_id=>http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Minority.Blogs&ContentRecord_id=7e60e3fa-802a-23ad-4291-e3975cbb96cb&Region_id=&Issue_id=
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>Media Covering Up UN Global Warming Report’s Political Agenda
><http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Minority.Blogs&ContentRecord_id=79c41a1e-802a-23ad-40c1-210d91ac6afe&Region_id=&Issue_id>http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Minority.Blogs&ContentRecord_id=79c41a1e-802a-23ad-40c1-210d91ac6afe&Region_id=&Issue_id
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>February 2, 2007
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>UN IPCC Summary For Policymakers ‘Corruption of Science’
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>W*shington – Sen. James Inhofe, (R-Okla.),
>Ranking Member of the Environment & Public Works
>Committee, today commented on the UN
>Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s
>(IPCC) Fourth Assessment Summary for Policymakers.
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>"This is a political document, not a scientific
>report, and it is a shining example of the
>corruption of science for political gain. The
>media has failed to report that the IPCC Summary
>for Policymakers was not approved by scientists
>but by UN political delegates and bureaucrats,"
>S*nator Inhofe said. The IPCC is only releasing
>the Summary for Policymakers today, not the
>actual scientific report which is not due out until May 2007.
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>"This is nothing new. On November 15th, 2005, I
>addressed my colleagues in the United
>StatesS*nate to express the importance of
>returning integrity to the processes that govern
>the work of the IPCC. I outlined several
>concrete proposals to reform the IPCC process
>during this S*nate Floor address and in a
>subsequent follow-up letter to the IPCC
>chairman," Senator Inhofe said. (Link)
><http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressRoom.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=21CC88EC-CCA6-4A61-8C2E-78FA8DE4850D>http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressRoom.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=21CC88EC-CCA6-4A61-8C2E-78FA8DE4850D
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>"On December 7, 2005, I followed up my speech
>with a letter to the IPCC Chairman noting that
>the ‘science had been manipulated in order to
>reach a predetermined conclusion.’ Sadly, the
>IPCC has refused to make any of the reforms
>necessary to ensure scientific integrity,"
>S*nator Inhofe added. (Link)
><http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressRoom.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=B5B423AC-B42C-4879-91CE-348E78AAE64B>http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressRoom.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=B5B423AC-B42C-4879-91CE-348E78AAE64B
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>"The UN guidelines themselves mandate that the
>science be altered to conform to the Summary for
>Policymakers which is not approved by the
>scientists, but by political delegates of the UN," Senator Inhofe said.
>
>The IPCC concedes it alters the underlying
>scientific conclusions on page 4 of "Appendix A
>to the Principles Governing IPCC Work":
>"Changes (other than grammatical or minor
>editorial changes) made after acceptance by the
>Working Group or the Panel shall be those
>necessary to ensure consistency with the Summary
>for Policymakers or the Overview Chapter." (Link
>- PDF <http://www.ipcc.ch/about/app-a.pdf>http://www.ipcc.ch/about/app-a.pdf )
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>"You don’t need to look any farther than
>yesterday’s AP article about the UN IPCC meeting
>in Paris where political delegates are arguing
>about the final wording of the Summary for
>Policymakers. Riibeta Abeta of the island nation
>Kiribati, openly admitted to the AP that the
>Summary for Policymakers is designed to convince
>world leaders to take action. ‘The purpose is to
>get [policymakers] moving,’ Abeta said,
>according to the AP," S*nator Inhofe explained.
>(Link to AP article)
><http://www.breitbart.com/news/2007/02/01/D8N10JFG0.html>http://www.breitbart.com/news/2007/02/01/D8N10JFG0.html
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>Web Link to Inhofe Statement:
><http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Minority.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=8314fc55-802a-23ad-4c91-fd68926e72f2&Region_id=&Issue_id>http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Minority.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=8314fc55-802a-23ad-4c91-fd68926e72f2&Region_id=&Issue_id
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Received on Fri Feb 2 13:29:40 2007