Before the report made it to the Senate, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) cut 10 pages from a 14–page document from the Centers for Disease Control on the health and disease risks associated with global warming.
OMB spokesman Sean Kevelighan … [said] that OMB reviews take into consideration "whether they ... line up well with the national priorities of the administration."
Sources: White House cut testimony - CNN.com.
Global warming IS occurring. It may be a matter of dispute in some circles as to its cause, but as far as I know there’s no dispute that it actually is happening. So what national priorities might warrent preventing the Senate from knowing about the health and disease risks associated with climate change?
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