House Select Committee Hearing Thursday On Political Attacks Against Climate Scientists

Brendan DeMelle DeSmog
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The U.S. House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming will hold a hearing on Thursday to examine the recent string of politically-motivated attacks against climateย scientists.

Several prominent climate scientists will testify and field questions at the hearing, entitled โ€œClimate Science in the Political Arena,โ€ including some who have been targets of such political attacksย themselves.

Look for plenty of questions from the GOP minority about the Climategate non-scandal that deniers remain obsessed with, despite the exoneration by the British House of Commons of the CRU scientists at the University of East Anglia targeted by theย hackers.

Here is the full press announcement from theย Committee:

Next Hearing 5/20: Climate Science in the Political Arena
Select Committee hearing to examine attacks against climateย scientists

The scientists involved in the stolen climate emails from the University of East Anglia were exonerated by the British House of Commons and an international panel of climate experts, led by Lord Oxburgh. Even after these investigations found that nothing in the emails undercut the scientific evidence of climate change, attacks against scientists continue. Reports of harassment, death threats and legal challenges have created a hostile environment, making it challenging for actual data and scientific analyses to reach the public andย policymakers.

On Thursday, May 20th, the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming will hold a hearing to examine the intersection between climate science and the political process.ย  This hearing, entitled โ€œClimate Science in the Political Arena,โ€ will feature prominent climate scientists, some of whom have been the target of these attacks. This hearing will explore scientistsโ€™ ability to present data and information that can guide global warming solutions in a sometimes fierce politicalย landscape.

WHAT: Climate Science in the Politicalย Arena

WHEN: Thursday May 20, 2010, 9:00 AM

WHERE: 1334 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, DC and online

WITNESS LIST:

Dr. Ralph Cicerone, President of the National Academy of Sciences and Chair of the National Research Council
Dr. Mario Molina, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry and Professor, University of California at San Diego
Dr. Stephen Schneider, Professor, Stanford University
Dr. Ben Santer, Research Scientist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Dr. William Happer, Professor, Princetonย University

Brendan DeMelle DeSmog
Brendan is Executive Director of DeSmog. He is also a freelance writer and researcher specializing in media, politics, climate change and energy. His work has appeared in Vanity Fair, The Huffington Post, Grist, The Washington Times and other outlets.

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