oh..is that wot we forgot to study? d'uoh!

[Guest guest]

Bush climate-change research won't research climate-change effects

 

According to the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office, the " more

research " President Bush is always touting as his response to climate change is

overlooking an area some might consider important -- namely, what effects global

warming might have on people and the environment (oh, that!). In fact, the GAO

report to be released today says that none of the 21 studies of climate change

the administration plans to publish by 2007 will include assessments of its

possible effects on agriculture, water, energy, or biological diversity (oh,

those!). This is in violation of the 1990 Global Change Research Act, which

requires the federal government to produce a report on the consequences of

climate change every four years. Critics say the research program was

deliberately jiggered to prevent it from generating alarming findings that might

increase political pressure for action. But without accurate information, said

the GAO, " it may be difficult for the Congress and others to use this

information effectively as the basis for making decisions on climate policy. "

You think?

 

 

straight to the source: The New York Times, Andrew C. Revkin, 22 Apr 2005

 

 

What you see is what you get

You've made your bed, you better lie in it

You choose your leaders and place your trust

As their lies wash you down and their promises rust

You'll see kidney machines replaced by rockets and guns

And the public wants what the public gets

But I don't get what this society wants