Events (12)

• January 25, 2001: NOAA Public Affairs Officer Instructs Scientist to Redirect Media Requests for Interviews to Public Affairs Office 2001-01-25
• June 5, 2002: NOAA Requires that All Media Interviews be Cleared by Public Affairs Office 2002-06-05
• September 26, 2002: Email Exchange between NOAA Employees Shows Concern That White House Is Suppressing Global Warming News 2002-09-26
• September 2, 2004: NOAA Public Affairs Officer Quizzes Scientist on What He Might Tell Journalist if Interview Request is Approved 2004-09-02
• January 28, 2005: NOAA Email Indicates that Agency is Telling Scientists What They Can and Cannot Talk about with Reporters 2005-01-28
• October 30, 2005: NOAA Interview Request Approval Process Causes Scientist to Miss Reporter’s Deadline 2005-10-30
• November 2, 2005: NOAA Email Indicates that Certain Media Inquiries Must Be Routed through Top Officials 2005-11-02
• April 10, 2006: NOAA Public Affairs Officer Rejects Request for Press Release on Global Warming Paper 2006-04-10
• September 2005: NOAA Press Release about Study on Carbon Dioxide Levels Impact on Marine Calcifying Organisms Blocked by ‘Higher Ups’
• Early 2005: NOAA Rejects Press Release on Impacts of Increasing CO2 on Coral Reefs
• Early October 2005: NOAA Public Affairs Officer Concerned That Journalist Will Use Scientist’s Statements to Push a Policy Position
• (April 2001): Press Release on Global Warming Study Blocked by US Officials