Thursday, February 02, 2006

Take Action Against Muzzling of Government Scientist

The blogosphere's been abuzz this week about claims by NASA climate scientist Dr. James E. Hansen that the Bush administration tried to silence him as he issued public warnings about the dangers of global warming, and called for immediate reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases. Environmental Action is asking concerned Americans to sign a petition on its website that asks NASA administrator Michael Griffin (a Bush apointee) to stop the scare tactics and let Hansen and other scientists report their findings to the public. EA is shooting for 4000 signatures, so let's join them and let Dubya & co. know that we, too, support a free market -- a free market of ideas...

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