{"id":1703,"date":"2009-06-30T06:08:19","date_gmt":"2009-06-30T13:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=1703"},"modified":"2009-06-30T06:08:19","modified_gmt":"2009-06-30T13:08:19","slug":"epa-suppresses-report-calling-into-question-global-warming-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/climate-change\/epa-suppresses-report-calling-into-question-global-warming-science\/","title":{"rendered":"EPA suppresses report calling into question global warming science"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1704\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1704\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1704\" title=\"Dissenters within the EPA have called into question the global warming theory.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/2009-05-21_1609471.jpg\" alt=\"Dissenters within the EPA have called into question the global warming theory.\" width=\"300\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/2009-05-21_1609471.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/2009-05-21_1609471-150x135.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1704\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dissenters within the EPA have called into question the global warming theory.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Environmental Protection Agency, keen to advance President Barack Obama\u2019s climate change initiatives, apparently suppressed a report from leading experts calling into question the science behind the theory of manmade climate change. The 98-page report, submitted to agency leaders just prior to it recommending regulation of carbon dioxide emissions, continues to call into question the \u2018consensus\u2019 many have said the scientific community has about the theory.<\/p>\n<p>Alan Carlin, the report\u2019s primary author, was told via email from superiors in the agency to not \u201chave any direct communication\u201d with anyone outside his group at the EPA. The well-published PhD has experience in environment and public policy dating back to 1964 but after submitting the report was told to discontinue working on climate change entirely.<\/p>\n<p>In reviewing the report, it is obvious why the administration would find the report very untimely leading up to its decision on CO2 and its push for climate change legislation. The report authors saw the rush to judgment and urged caution saying their \u201cconcerns and reservations are sufficiently important to warrant a serious review of the science by EPA before any attempt to reach conclusions on the subject.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/x-219-Denver-Weather-Examiner~y2009m6d30-EPA-suppresses-report-calling-into-question-global-warming-science\"><strong>See the complete story with links to the report and emails on Examiner.com.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Environmental Protection Agency, keen to advance President Barack Obama\u2019s climate change initiatives, apparently suppressed a report from leading experts calling into question the science behind the theory of manmade climate change. The 98-page report, submitted to agency leaders just prior to it recommending regulation of carbon dioxide emissions, continues to call into question the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/climate-change\/epa-suppresses-report-calling-into-question-global-warming-science\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">EPA suppresses report calling into question global warming science<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[736,280,131],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1703"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1703"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1705,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1703\/revisions\/1705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}