White House Muzzles CDC Chief on Climate Health Impacts

onOct 24, 2007 @ 08:56 PDT

The White House significantly edited testimony prepared for a Senate hearing on the impact of climate change on health, deleting key portions citing diseases that could flourish in a warmer climate.

A draft of the testimony submitted for White House review shows that six pages of details about specific disease and other health problems that might flourish if the Earth warms were not delivered at the hearing.

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uk/How Will Reform Rule Affect Local Climate Policy?

ByAdam Barnett

onMay 13, 2026 @ 08:23 PDT

Farage’s party has shown over the last year that it will attempt to block and reverse clean energy initiatives in its new councils.

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onMay 13, 2026 @ 05:23 PDT

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Oil Pipelines Align With Jesus, Danielle Smith Tells Christian Leaders

ByMary Stuart and Geoff Dembicki

onMay 13, 2026 @ 04:00 PDT

The Alberta premier gave a biblical justification for oil expansion at a Christian conference featuring Conservative MPs and provincial cabinet ministers.