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By Chris Mooney
Jan 30, 2006 8:36 PMNov 5, 2019 10:11 AM

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Well, folks, Andy Revkin has done it again. Previously I have written about how Revkin has basically broken every major story about abuses of climate science, and climate scientists, by the Bush administration. And I must say, it's quite a litany of abuses. That's why I'm glad that so many bloggers (here, here, and here) have realized that Revkin's latest story provides yet another point of evidence of the "Republican War on Science." The meme is spreading, my friends.

In any case, the latest news reported by Revkin--about more attempts to silence NASA climate expert Jim Hansen--reveals an attack on science in the sense that it's an attack on an individual scientist's freedom to voice his opinions and to share information with the media and public. Using Jim Hansen himself as an example, I defined this kind of abuse in my book as follows:

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