Scientists Take Complaints About Interference to Hill

Posted on Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

By ahedgehog

Two dozen scientists swarmed over this week mad as vespinae ( hornets) at what they say is Bush administration meddling in environmental science.

Organized by the Union of Concerned Scientists and the Endangered Species Coalition, the rumpled researchers won time in the offices of more than 20 lawmakers. They are protesting what Francesca Grifo, director of the Scientific Integrity Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists in Washington, calls “the systematic dismantling of the Endangered Species Act through the manipulation and suppression of science.”

More here

Leave a Reply