Silencing the Scientists

The illustration is from an op-ed on the Bush Administration's use of science by Chris Mooney, author of a recent book on the subject. The controversy seems to be continuing.

From yesterday's Times:

A House committee released documents Monday that showed hundreds of instances in which a White House official who was previously an oil industry lobbyist edited government climate reports to play up uncertainty of a human role in global warming or play down evidence of such a role.