NASA report finds inappropriate political influence
A report was recently released by NASA’s inspector general dealing with the agency’s efforts in 2004 through 2006 to restrict the flow of information regarding climate change. The report concluded that the agency’s Office of Public Affairs was inappropriately influenced by politics and “reduced, marginalized or mischaracterized climate change science made available to the general public.” The report placed responsibility primarily on the Office of Public Affairs and did not identify higher members in the agency or other Bush Administration officials as being responsible for these actions.
Regardless of whether there were directions from higher ups in the administration to suppress climate change science, these actions seem in line with the administration’s general policies towards science, and climate change in particular. Fortunately NASA has dealt with these past problems, and Bush will soon be replaced by a leader more friendly towards science. Hopefully that leader will let the scientists do what they do best, without imposing a political agenda on top of their work.
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