<div dir="ltr"><div>I was going to post on what appears to me to amount to censorship of EPA representatives speech, but I was happy to read that you already posted on this issue.  </div><div><br></div><div>Perhaps EPA representatives conditions of employment allow "censorship" of their public statements by higher ups in the government, or they could lose their jobs, etc. but this does not make it ethically correct.</div><div><br></div><div>I was instantly reminded of the W. Bush administration's attempts to censor and control Goddard Institute for Space Studies director (at that time) James Hansen, one of the most brilliant and well published climate scientists in history.  The following New York Times article at the bottom, from Jan. 29, 2006, discusses this episode.  And an excellent book on this subject, written by MIT PhD in Physics graduate Mark Bowen, exhaustively details the Machiavellian social political machinations involved.  </div><div><br></div><div><font size="4">Having read this book, knowing full well of the abuses of power in the W. Bush administration, at this point in time I believe the evidence suggests the Trump administration is on a path to be even more abusive of power!  </font></div><div><br></div><div><span class="gmail-a-size-large" id="gmail-productTitle"><strong><font size="4">"Censoring Science: Inside the Political Attack on Dr. James Hansen and the Truth of Global Warming" by Mark Bowen</font></strong></span></div><div><span class="gmail-a-size-large"><strong><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Censoring-Science-Inside-Political-Warming/dp/0525950141">https://www.amazon.com/Censoring-Science-Inside-Political-Warming/dp/0525950141</a></strong></span></div><div><span class="gmail-a-size-large"><strong>From acclaimed writer and physicist Mark Bowen, <i>Censoring Science</i> tells the true  story of the Bush administration’s censorship of the world’s preeminent climatologist, and the  science behind global warming that they do not want you to know.</strong> </span></div><div>----------------------------------------------------<br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/29/science/earth/climate-expert-says-nasa-tried-to-silence-him.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/29/science/earth/climate-expert-says-nasa-tried-to-silence-him.html</a><br></div><div><h1 class="gmail-headline" id="gmail-headline" style="visibility: visible;">Climate Expert Says NASA Tried to Silence Him</h1><div class="gmail-story-meta-footer" id="gmail-story-meta-footer"><p class="gmail-byline-dateline"><span class="gmail-byline">By <a title="More Articles by ANDREW C. REVKIN" href="http://www.nytimes.com/by/andrew-c-revkin"><span class="gmail-byline-author"><font color="#000080">ANDREW C. REVKIN</font></span></a></span><time class="gmail-dateline" datetime="2006-01-29T00:00:00-05:00">JAN. 29, 2006</time> </p><p class="gmail-byline-dateline">----------------------------------------</p><p class="gmail-byline-dateline">Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett</p></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 1:47 PM, Rose Huskey <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rosejhuskey@gmail.com" target="_blank">rosejhuskey@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid"><div lang="EN-US" vlink="purple" link="blue"><div class="m_1098649024543866758WordSection1"><p><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:14pt">“WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has instituted what it described as a temporary media blackout at the Environmental Protection Agency and barred staff from awarding any new contracts or grants, part of a broader communications clampdown within the executive branch.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:14pt">Emails sent to EPA staff since President Donald Trump’s inauguration Friday and reviewed by The Associated Press detailed specific prohibitions banning press releases, blog updates or posts to the agency’s social media accounts.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:14pt">The Trump administration has also ordered what it called a temporary suspension of all new business activities at the department, including issuing task orders or work assignments to EPA contractors. The orders were expected to have a significant and immediate impact on EPA activities nationwide. . . . “<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt"><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/trump-admin-orders-epa-contract-freeze-and-media-blackout/2017/01/24/f578db56-e271-11e6-a419-eefe8eff0835_story.html" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.<wbr>com/business/trump-admin-<wbr>orders-epa-contract-freeze-<wbr>and-media-blackout/2017/01/24/<wbr>f578db56-e271-11e6-a419-<wbr>eefe8eff0835_story.html</a><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><u></u><u></u></font></span></span></p><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt">Rose Huskey<u></u><u></u></span></p></font></span></div></div><br>==============================<wbr>=========================<br>
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