obviously we need a paid hack from GE or lockheed martin that position

[Guest guest]

Responding to pressure from the energy industry, the Bush

administration is seeking to remove the U.S scientist who heads the

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Robert Watson, chief

scientist at the World Bank, has been the unpaid chair of the IPCC

for nearly six years. In that capacity, he has been outspoken in his

belief that human activity is contributing to global warming and must

be altered to avert disaster. Now Watson's term is expiring -- and

the State Department has decided not to re-nominate him. That

decision has been heavily criticized by many influential scientists,

who see Watson as all but irreplaceable, but has been welcomed by

energy industry lobbyists and some Republican politicians, who claim

Watson has an environmental ax to grind.

 

straight to the source: New York Times, Andrew C. Revkin, 02 Apr 2002

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