White House Official Rewrites Reports of Gov't Scientists on Climate Change (New York Times, June 8th)

Andrew Revkin's article Official Played Down Emissions' Links to Global Warming in the New York Times June 8th edition documents how White Employee Phil Cooney altered the text of 2002 and 2003 reports on Climate Change issued by the US government, so that the direct sense of the scientific assessment was watered down indicating far more uncertainty than actually exists. He did this late in the reviewing process so that scientists did not see the changes until the reports were issued.

See also Joint Science Academies Statement: Global Response to Climate Change.