I've just been in my car coming back from an off-site meeting and heard NPR's "On Point" program that included a discussion about the bizarre statement that Michael Griffin recently made about climate change. They aired Griffin's original comment on NPR, then followed up with short statements from the heads of multiple atmospheric researchers to the effect that they'd never heard anything so seriously "uninformed and out of touch" from the head of a major science research organization. The last person who commented on the subject put it into perspective, however. I'll paraphrase: "Griffin's a Bush appointee. In the last election the Bush campaign received $4.3 million from oil & gas, so what did you expect him to say?" I think you can listen to it as an archive from NPR's web site: http://www.onpointradio.org/shows/2007/06/20070601_a_main.asp Seth -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces+sjarvis=slco.org@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces+sjarvis=slco.org@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Patrick Wiggins Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 4:56 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Re: Unusual NASA release And yet here is a piece on a NASA web site, posted today, saying "NASA and Columbia University Earth Institute research finds that human-made greenhouse gases have brought the Earth's climate close to critical tipping points, with potentially dangerous consequences for the planet." http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/environment/danger_point.html Maybe they figured Columbia U was going to release the data so NASA should too? (Or maybe someone at NASA is soon to be out of a job...) pw On 31 May 2007, at 08:38, Kim wrote:
No surprise there. The emperor is not wearing any clothes, and neither, apparently, are his minions. Griffin wouldn't have a job if he didn't tow the administration's line that there's no problem.
Kim
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