More NASA Personnel Report on Limiting Public Access to Global Warming Docs.

Follow-up to a series of recent postings on the growing controversy concerning NASA’s policy to limit public access to accurate scientific documents on global warming.

  • New York Times – Call for Openness at NASA Adds to Reports of Pressure: “Top political appointees in the NASA press office exerted strong pressure during the 2004 presidential campaign to cut the flow of news releases on glaciers, climate, pollution and other earth sciences, public affairs officers at the agency say.”
  • WSJ free feature: Statement Acknowledges Some Government Scientists See Link to Global Warming: “Amid a growing outcry from climate researchers in its own ranks, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration backed away from a statement it released after last year’s powerful hurricane season that discounted any link to global warming.”

    • Previous beSpacific postings on this issue:

  • Gov’t Censorship of Global Warming Data Includes NASA and NOAA
  • Misinformation Issues At NASA Result in Resignation Amidst Continued Controversy
  • NASA Chief Calls for “Scientific Openness” Amidst Claims of Gov’t Secrecy
  • Gov’t Climate Change Expert Contends Censorship of Data

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