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The Politicization Of The EPA

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Thoughts from an actual scientist at the agency. You know, one who actually believes in science, and that agency actions should be based on it?

[Update a few minutes later]

An open letter to the UN Secretary General, from a long list of scientists and engineers:

Climate change science is in a period of ‘negative discovery’ – the more we learn about this exceptionally complex and rapidly evolving field the more we realize how little we know. Truly, the science is NOT settled.

If the science is “settled” (what an absurd phrase — science is never “settled,” by definition), how can there be so many scientists who disagree that it is settled?

9 thoughts on “The Politicization Of The EPA”

  1. If the science is “settled” (what an absurd phrase — science is never “settled,” by definition), how can there be so many scientists who disagree that it is settled?

    Easy — they’re all racist shills for the medical insurance industry who’ve been bought-off by Dick Cheney and Big Oil(tm)!

  2. The problem with making a political Turkey of the EPA makes it eligible to be carved-up at a latter date.

    Part of it’s sacrosanct nature is derived for the Science keeing it above politics.

    Once it is proven to be a partisan problem, it becomes amenable to partisan solutions.

    More later.

  3. Democrats need to get off the Obama bus before it goes over the cliff, because this explosion is going to wipe out anybody even standing nearby.

  5. This is how they are going to force Cap and Trade through by making the EPA out to be the bad cop in order to get everyone to go along with the supposed good cops in congress. I guess we really are going to need those fisting kits after all. This administration is full of radicals chomping at the bit to pound every two bit, pie in the sky socialist wet dream out on us.

  7. Industry would rather fight EPA rather than Crap n’ Trade, they can tie this up in the courts for years and possibly shove it up EPS’s ass in the process or at a minimum tie it up long enough to make it an bludgeon for the 2012 Election to use against Obama. Hoist, meet Pitard!

    Funny thing about court, Discovery aint just a Space Shuttle.

    Full discolsure, While I don’t work for EPA, I do work with them from time to time. Most of the Rank and File are good people and most of what the EPA does is good.

    I still wonder if it could not be better broken-up with its functions split amongst other agencies like some have proposed doing with NASA. 95% of the EPA’s enforcement functions are delegated to the states anyway. My state has primacy.

    FYI, I recently met an EPA Inspector who worked the Columbia Clean-Up in Texas………….He found a part of an Astronaut.

  8. Here’s hoping the wheels come OFF that damn bus, and soon.

    …and the resulting spark trail leads to a swift engine fire or even better — a Hollywood explosion.

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