Dispute on Health, Climate Change Centers on Cheney
Yesterday, former Environmental Protection Agency Deputy Associate Administrator Jason Burnett said that members of Vice President Dick Cheney's staff censored congressional CDC Director Julie Gerberding's testimony last October about health threats posed by global warming.
- "Cheney's Staff Cut Testimony on Warming" (Eilperin, Washington Post, 7/9).
- "Cheney's Office Tried To Alter Greenhouse Gas Testimony, Former Official Says" (Simon, Los Angeles Times, 7/9).
- "Cheney's Office Accused of Censoring Climate Data" (Davies, San Jose Mercury News, 7/9).