Top environmental officials under Perry have gutted a recent report on sea level rise in Galveston Bay, removing all mentions of climate change. For the past decade, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), which is run by Perry political appointees, has contracted with the Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) to produce regular reports on the state of the Bay.
Official Deleted References To Human-Induced Climate Change
But when HARC submitted its most recent State of the Bay publication to the commission earlier this year, officials decided they couldn't accept a report that said climate change is caused by human activity and is causing the sea level to rise. Top officials at the commission proceeded to edit the paper to censor its references to human-induced climate change or future projections on how much the bay will rise.
Every Single Scientist Proceeded To Disown The Report
Outraged by this censorship, every single scientist associated with the 200-page report has demanded his/her name be struck from the document. Read the full report here.
Source: Care2.com.
