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Global Warming

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  1. 2007-11-03 November 3-9, 2007: Hoax Study ‘Disproving’ Global Warming Fools Skeptics, Including Limbaugh
  2. 2008-07-09 July 9, 2008: Bush: ‘Goodbye from the World’s Greatest Polluter’
  3. 2009-03-25 March 25, 2009: Republican Lawmaker: Global Warming Natural, Humans Should Just ‘Get Shade’
  4. 2009-03-25 March 25, 2009: House Republican: Carbon Dioxide Emissions ‘Plant Food’
  5. 2009-04-02 March 24 - April 2, 2009: Some Republicans Promote False ‘Light Switch Tax’ Claims
  6. 2009-06-02 June 2, 2009: Conservative Opponent of Carbon Emissions Legislation Says He Will Not Support Stopping Seasons from Changing
  7. 2009-08-14 August 14, 2009: Oil Industry Group Sends ‘Sensitive’ Memo Detailing Plan for ‘Astroturf’ Rallies to Oppose Global Warming Legislation
  8. 2009-12-08 December 8, 2009 and After: Fox News Managing Editor Orders News Staff to Question Validity of Climate Change Claims in All Pertinent Reporting
  9. 2011-02-15 February 15-16, 2011: Minnesota Republican Advocates Restarting Coal Mining, Says God Provides ‘Unlimited Resources’
  10. June 2006: Local Mississippi TV Station Airs Piece on Global Warming Paid for by an Organization Partially Funded by ExxonMobil
  11. January 2006: NASA Scientist Reveals Government Attempt to Censor, Restrict Statements on Global Warming
  12. December 2006: Bush Administration Imposes Restrictions on Scientists’ Discussions, Presentations on Global Warming
  13. July 2006: Exxon-Funded Organization Offers to Pay Scientists to Critique 2007 IPCC Report
  14. Early March 2007: Alaskan Fish and Wildlife Service Biologists Instructed to Keep Quiet on Climate Change-Related Issues
  15. June 2005: Republican Senator Launches Investigation of Top Climate Scientists
  16. September 2004: Study: Media Misrepresents Scientific Understanding of Global Warming
  17. September 2003: White House Blocks Reprinting of Brochure that Encourages Carbon Sequestration Practices among Farmers
  18. (April 2003): White House Official Closely Involved in Editing of Forthcoming EPA Report
  19. 2002: Department of the Interior Blocks Release of Press Release on Recent Global Warming Article
  20. 2005: Commerce Department Press Officer Rejects Media Request for Interview with Climate Scientist
  21. April 2003: White House Plans To Use Heavily Criticized Paper to Counter Global Warming Arguments
  22. April 2006: NOAA Scientist Says that Agency Approval Process for Media Interviews Results in Fewer Interviews
  23. Late September 2005: Pressure Put on NOAA Scientist to Edit Global Warming-Related Presentation
  24. June 2003: EPA Decides to Remove Climate Change Section of Report because of White House Interference
  25. Late July 2005: NOAA Public Affairs Officers Reminds Agency Scientists That All Media Requests for Interviews Must Be Approved
  26. May 2005: ExxonMobil Funds Efforts to Discredit Scientific Consensus on Global Warming
  27. Between 1998 and 2005: ExxonMobil Grants $16 Million to Global Warming Skeptic Organizations
  28. 2002: Center for Science and Public Policy Started with Funds from ExxonMobil
  29. 1998 and After: ExxonMobil Begins Funding Global Warming Skeptic Organization Frontiers of Freedom
  30. 2005: ExxonMobil Provides $2.9 Million to 39 Groups Involved in Efforts to Misrepresent the Scientific Consensus on Global Warming
  31. September 2005: NOAA Press Release about Study on Carbon Dioxide Levels Impact on Marine Calcifying Organisms Blocked by ‘Higher Ups’
  32. Early 2005: NOAA Rejects Press Release on Impacts of Increasing CO2 on Coral Reefs
  33. Early October 2005: NOAA Public Affairs Officer Concerned That Journalist Will Use Scientist’s Statements to Push a Policy Position
  34. Late 2004: NASA Official Postpones News Conference on Air Pollution until after Elections
  35. Early 1998: ExxonMobil Helps Form ‘Global Climate Science Team’
  36. April 1998: Oil and Gas Industry Representatives Draft Plan to Discredit Prevailing Opinion on Global Warming
  37. Late 2005 - Early 2006: Report States Glaciers Melting in Austria
  38. Between June 2003 and October 2003: NASA Administrator Tells Climate Scientist that He Should not Discuss Human-Caused Climate Change
  39. Early December 2006: NOAA Rejects Media Request for Interview with Federal Scientist Who Has Complained about Censorship
  40. (March 2006): NOAA Public Affairs Officers Redirects Interview Request to Scientists Whose Views Are More In-Line with White House
  41. 2002: Republican Pollster Issues Briefing Book on How GOP Needs to Confront Global Warming and Other Environmental Issues
  42. November 2005: USGS Press Release Edited to Remove Words Like ‘Global Warming’
  43. February 2006: NASA Changes Its Mission Statement; Drops Phrase about Protecting Planet Earth
  44. Fall 2004: NASA Informs Scientists of New Restrictive Media Policy via Oral Communication Only
  45. Weeks before the 2004 elections: NASA Press Releases Disappear ahead of 2004 Elections
  46. Between 2004 and 2006: Number of NASA Press Releases Drop Dramatically
  47. Mid-September 2004: Title of Press Release Regarding Warming of Antarctica ‘Softened’ at Behest of NASA Headquarters
  48. 2001: A Media Advisory That Would Have Publicized a Recent Study Linking Human Activity to Global Warming is Canceled
  49. May 2006: NOAA Blocks Release of Report Linking Climate Change to Hurricane Intensity
  50. February 2006: NOAA Document Outlines Complicated Review Process for News Releases