White House Deletes Climate Change Data From EPA Report

The White House has edited an upcoming EPA report, replacing references to the human impact on global warming with a study partly financed by the American Petroleum Institute.

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June 20, 2003, 6:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"The editing eliminated references to many studies concluding that warming is at least partly caused by rising concentrations of smokestack and tail-pipe emissions and could threaten health and ecosystems.Among the deletions were conclusions about the likely human contribution to warming from a 2001 report on climate by the National Research Council that the White House had commissioned and that President Bush had endorsed in speeches that year. White House officials also deleted a reference to a 1999 study showing that global temperatures had risen sharply in the previous decade compared with the last 1,000 years. In its place, administration officials added a reference to a new study, partly financed by the American Petroleum Institute, questioning that conclusion."

Thanks to Claudia Lima

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