WH cuts back on monitoring global warming from space.
By on Jun 4th, 2007 at 6:46 pm
WH cuts back on monitoring global warming from space.
“The Bush administration is drastically scaling back efforts to measure global warming from space, just as the president tries to convince the world the U.S. is ready to take the lead in reducing greenhouse gases. … A confidential report to the White House, obtained by The Associated Press, warns that U.S. scientists will soon lose much of their ability to monitor warming from space using a costly and problem-plagued satellite initiative begun more than a decade ago.”
UPDATE: The Gavel notes that the House Science Committee will be holding an oversight hearing on this program on Thursday.
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Of course it does. Wouldn’t do to have more data that repudiates their preconceived notions.
In 50 years, the effects of global warming will be so obvious that not even this administration would be able to deny them. Of course, in 50 years, it will be far too late to do anything about it.
This administration is deliberately fostering a global cataclysm for personal gain. If we don’t stop them now, scores of future generations will curse our names along with the names of this administration, because we’ll be just as guilty as they, for allowing it to happen.
June 4th, 2007 at 6:52 pmAl the Goracle save us!!!
June 4th, 2007 at 6:57 pmStill trying to fool all of the people all of the time…
“Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practise to deceive”.
June 4th, 2007 at 6:58 pmSir Walter Scott
Where am I going to get my Carbon Credits?
June 4th, 2007 at 6:58 pmThis is not really a “new” story, the failure and cost overrun of this particular project has been reported on every 6 months or so for the last year and a half, “they” (Congressional committees) say they will look into it, and nothing changes…
June 4th, 2007 at 7:00 pmIgnorance is bliss for all neocons.
June 4th, 2007 at 7:01 pmWell, monitoring global warming from space is hard work.
We can spend money better on ethanol.
Planting trees makes global warming worse. Our scientists said so.
Bill Clinton said global warming is a hoax.
June 4th, 2007 at 7:03 pmJerry Mahlman, a former scientist at NOAA who is now at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, said he and other colleagues warned of problems as far back as 1995. He compared the preparations for the satellites to a “planned train wreck.”
June 4th, 2007 at 7:08 pmWell, it was certainly ‘mission accomplished’ while the Pentagon was focused on the “unplanned train wreck” of Iraq. Even if the problems go back to 1995, the Bush administration seems bent on proving P.J.O’Rourke’s quote that ‘The Republicans are the party that says government doesn’t work and then they get elected and prove it. ‘
Just like the little kid who holds his hands over his ears, closes his eyes and shouts “I CAN’T HEAR YOU I CAN HEAR YOU I CAN’T HEAR YOU!”
If ignorance is bliss, these idiots must be wallowing in ecstasy.
Al, please bring intellect and reason back to the presidency!
PEACE
June 4th, 2007 at 7:10 pmAl the Goracle save us!!!
Comment by Flaco — June 4, 2007 @ 6:57 pm
Unfortunately, the willfully ignorant religious fanatics like yourself, refuse to be “saved” – *ssh*le… Shouldn’t you be off plotting to blow up a funeral or something – dum bass?
June 4th, 2007 at 7:16 pmSeems to me, if these people REALLY believed that global warming wasn’t a threat to the planet, they would seek MORE information to prove that thesis, not less.
But then, these aren’t people who believe that more information leads to the right answers, are they?
June 4th, 2007 at 7:16 pmWhere am I going to get my Carbon Credits?
Comment by Flaco — June 4, 2007 @ 6:58 pm
Why don’t you just pull them out of your *ss, along with the rest of the sh*t you spew. You deranged ignorant *ssh*le.
June 4th, 2007 at 7:17 pmIn my lifetime, I can’t believe that the entire world would be James Bond and GW Botch would play the evil Dr. Blowfeld!!
June 4th, 2007 at 7:19 pm“Where am I going to get my Carbon Credits?”
Comment by Flaco
Get a liter of warm Pepsi, drink half of it, place your Wal-Mart credit card over the open bottle top, and shake vigorously.
June 4th, 2007 at 7:25 pmWell everyone insists that global weather change is from human activity. So this is a message telling us they are going to kill us all in a few days and then sharply reduce green house gasses! It gets rid of greens and gasses!
June 4th, 2007 at 7:32 pmGet a liter of warm Pepsi, drink half of it, place your Wal-Mart credit card over the open bottle top, and shake vigorously.
Comment by Blue Fairy
You had me going for a minute, especially after VVGRU suggested another place he could get his credits. I thought you had a different plan for that shaken-up bottle of Pepsi.
June 4th, 2007 at 7:33 pmYou had me going for a minute, especially after VVGRU suggested another place he could get his credits. I thought you had a different plan for that shaken-up bottle of Pepsi.
Comment by gummitch
That was one wish.
June 4th, 2007 at 7:36 pmYou have 2 more.
Get a liter of warm Pepsi, drink half of it, place your Wal-Mart credit card over the open bottle top, and shake vigorously.
Comment by Blue Fairy — June 4, 2007 @ 7:25 pm
Don’t forget to drop a few Mentos in the bottle first!!! Watch the explosion!!
June 4th, 2007 at 7:38 pmIt’s a bit cold here. Please send me some global warming!
June 4th, 2007 at 7:44 pm#11
It’s the left who’s running a global warming fearmongering campaign and trying to tax us into oblivion.
Let them prove their propaganda.
June 4th, 2007 at 7:45 pmLet them prove their propaganda.
Comment by m12 — June 4, 2007 @ 7:45 pm
You probably felt the same way about the selling of the Iraq Invasion, too, right?
June 4th, 2007 at 7:50 pmLet them prove their propaganda.
Comment by m12
If you ever learn to read, you’ll discover that they already have.
Isn’t it way past your bedtime?
June 4th, 2007 at 7:51 pmm12 sez:
Thanks for confirming your complete lack of understanding regarding the consequences of sudden global climate change.
June 4th, 2007 at 7:52 pmThanks for confirming your complete lack of understanding.
Comment by TripMaster Monkey
There. Fixed it for you.
June 4th, 2007 at 7:54 pm#23
Thanks for confirming how easy it is for Gore and company to dupe the weak minded.
June 4th, 2007 at 7:55 pmYou probably felt the same way about the selling of the Iraq Invasion, too, right?
Clinton was certainly convinced about Iraq’s WMDs.
June 4th, 2007 at 7:56 pmm12 sez:
Ah, yes. 3000+ scientists, all complicit in this massive conspiracy. And they call liberals moonbats. Sheesh.
Ample proof has already been made public, but instead of attempting to gather more information to dispute this evidence, your administration has instead chosen to stifle the debate and hamper the collection of any further evidence. One would think that if they truly wanted to fight the “propaganda”, they’d welcome more evidence. The fact that they don’t speaks volumes about their true intentions.
June 4th, 2007 at 7:58 pm“Clinton was certainly convinced about Iraq’s WMDs.”
Comment by m12
That’s because Saddam was still using the ones he got from George Bush Sr.
June 4th, 2007 at 8:03 pmClinton was certainly convinced about Iraq’s WMDs.
Comment by m12 — June 4, 2007 @ 7:56 pm
Can you explain the relevance of this to what I asked?
June 4th, 2007 at 8:03 pmComment by TripMaster Monkey — June 4, 2007 @ 7:58 pm
TripM M,
Is m12 just another worthless, Kool-Aid guzzlin’ troll?
Just askin’…
June 4th, 2007 at 8:04 pm“failure and cost overrun”
I think that’s NASA’s motto.
With Chimpy cronies in charge, its no wonder.
June 4th, 2007 at 8:07 pmdixie blood sez:
Most definitely…but I’m not trying to convince him. I’m just doing my part to make sure his pernicious lies are seen for what they truly are.
That, and I enjoy kicking trolls around. A bit sadistic, I know, but at least I don’t blow up frogs with firecrackers…
June 4th, 2007 at 8:08 pmm12 takes its’ Kool-Aid straight from the package… no water, no sugar…..
June 4th, 2007 at 8:09 pmIf ignorance is bliss, these Repuke trolls must have found Nirvana.
June 4th, 2007 at 8:12 pm“It’s the left who’s running a global warming fear mongering campaign”
No, its the The Repukes have been caught tampering with the global warming evidence.
Excellent example of projection. More lies & spin from the Repuke trolls.
June 4th, 2007 at 8:18 pm#30
It would take a lot more than Koolaid to buy into the global warming hype!
Gore wants to be President. The rest of the bunch wants to make some quick cash off the feds once he comes into office. Too bad most of you are so blind to see it!
Maybe some of you do, but don’t care, since Gore is going to push the tax the rich class warfare agenda.
June 4th, 2007 at 8:19 pmm17 is a typical ignorant ired Repuke troll. His global warming conspiracy theory is the ranting of a deranged moonbat.
June 4th, 2007 at 8:24 pmComment by m12 — June 4, 2007 @ 8:19 pm
Again, m12, if Global Warming was merely “propaganda” and “hype”, it would be in the administration’s best interests to collect as much additional data as possible, to more effectively foil Al Gore’s heinous plot.
Is this what they’re doing?
No. They’re sabotaging the ability of scientists to gather more data.
Why is that, do you suppose?
Either the “hype” is real, and the administration doesn’t want any further evidence confirming it, or it is truly “hype”…and the administration is complicit in Al Gore’s sinister plot.
Either way, it makes you look pretty darned stupid, doesn’t it?
June 4th, 2007 at 8:30 pmIs m12 just another worthless, Kool-Aid guzzlin’ troll?
Just askin’…
Comment by dixie blood
No, he’s an exceptionally worthless, Kool-Aid guzzlin’ troll.
June 4th, 2007 at 8:32 pm#38
This administration is going out of office soon, and they don’t have a strong enough media team to fight the global warming propaganda. So they do what they can.
It’s up to the next President to end this scare tactic.
June 4th, 2007 at 8:37 pmm12 sez:
Which includes sabotaging the ability of scientists to debunk this heinous plot? Oh yeah, I forgot. All the scientists are in on the plot.
You’re hopeless, m12.
June 4th, 2007 at 8:49 pmYou’re hopeless, m12.
Comment by TripMaster Monkey
Nail on head, TMM.
June 4th, 2007 at 9:11 pmIf you don’t look at it, it will go away.
rrriiiiiiiiiiiigggghhhhhtttttttt…….
June 4th, 2007 at 9:31 pmBah, why care? It’s kinda a bit late anyways. This technological intermezzo is nearly over.
June 4th, 2007 at 9:36 pm