Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA), the new chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, is holding his first hearing today on the Bush administration's politicization of the issues of climate change and science. Witnesses include Dr. Drew Shindell of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies; Mr. Rick Plitz, a former Senior Associate for the U.S. Climate Change Science Program; Dr. Francesca Griffo, the Senior Scientist and Director of the Scientific Inquiry Program of the Union of Concerned Scientists; and Dr. Roger Pielke, a Professor in the University of Colorado's Environmental Studies Program and a Fellow of the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Environmental Sciences.
The hearing is being aired on C-SPAN as we speak. I urge everyone who is able to watch and help me provide updates.
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