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/Reform Conference Sponsor Called Farage’s Rhetoric ‘Very Far-Right’

ByJoey Grostern and Sam Bright

onOct 16, 2025 @ 08:01 PDT

A media CEO who helped to stage an event with Reform’s main U.S. ally has publicly denounced the party’s leader.

uk/How a ‘Pro-Climate’ Charity Channelled Cash to a Koch-Funded Think Tank

ByMax Colbert

onOct 15, 2025 @ 03:44 PDT

Opaque funds are masking donations to political causes.

Danielle Smith Met with Heritage Foundation After U.S. Election

ByDavid Falk

onOct 14, 2025 @ 05:20 PDT

The Alberta premier said she met with the right-wing think tank that spearheaded Project 2025 following Donald Trump’s second win.

OpenAI’s New Energy Chief Is a Trump Administration Natural Gas Evangelist

ByRei Takver

onOct 13, 2025 @ 09:03 PDT

The ChatGPT creator hired John McCarrick, a gas-loving former Trump energy official, to guide how the company will source huge quantities of power for its colossal supercomputers.

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