Apparently the EPA led by Lisa Jackson suppressed an important report in giving its recommendation that the government needed to regulate carbon emissions. Alan Carlin, a 38 year veteran of the EPA with degrees from Cal Tech and MIT was the author of the 98 page report critical of global warming and the EPA’s use of out of date data to reach its conclusions. Mr. Carlin has written papers on environmental issues and public policy since 1964. Here was the EPA’s response:
“Claims that this individual’s opinions were not considered or studied are entirely false. This Administration and this EPA Administrator are fully committed to openness, transparency, and science-based decision making. These principles were reflected throughout the development of the proposed endangerment finding, a process in which a broad array of voices were heard and an inter-agency review was conducted…The individual in question is not a scientist and was not part of the working group dealing with this issue. Nevertheless, the document he submitted was reviewed by his peers and agency scientists, and information from that report was submitted by his manager to those responsible for developing the proposed endangerment finding.”
The evidence says the contrary. Emails have now been released ordering Carlin not to have any communication of any kind with anyone outside his group at the EPA on the topic of climate change and he was informed his report would not be shared with the group working on the recommendation. His boss was also pressured to re-assign Carlin to a different assignment. Their assessment that he is not a scientist so he cannot contribute is absolutely absurd. He is a 38 year veteran of the agency with a PhD from MIT. Maybe if they do not want to rely solely on his analysis they could rely on the 650 international scientists who rebutted the last UN report on global warming.
Recently Obama said that “the days of science taking a back seat to ideology are over… To undermine scientific integrity is to undermine our democracy. It is contrary to our way of life.” Evidently that is not the case. Its just a different ideology.
Oh…and for your edification here are the 8 Republicans who voted for the cap and trade legislation last week.
Mary Bono Mack (CA)
Mike Castle(DE)
Mark Kirk (Il)
Leonard Lance(NJ)
Frank LoBiondo(NJ)
John McHugh (NY)
Dave Reichert (WA)
Chris Smith (NJ)
And these 2 Republicans did not vote, which is always a little suspicious.
John Sullivan (OK)
Jeff Flake (AZ)
Hopefully this report will be discussed in the Senate thoroughly during the debate as well as the horrible legislation that our liberal friends have come up with to address this issue. Maybe then we can at least debate the energy legislation that the Republicans have already submitted. That is submitted and ignored.
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