carbonhunter
02-10-2005, 05:46 PM
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Scientists Say They Are Told to Alter Findings
" --More than 200 scientists employed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service say they have been directed to alter official findings to lessen protections for plants and animals, a survey released Wednesday says. More than half of the biologists and other researchers who responded to the survey said they knew of cases in which commercial interests, including timber, grazing, development and energy companies, had applied political pressure to reverse scientific conclusions deemed harmful to their business...."
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-scientists10feb10,0,4954654.story
" --More than 200 scientists employed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service say they have been directed to alter official findings to lessen protections for plants and animals, a survey released Wednesday says. More than half of the biologists and other researchers who responded to the survey said they knew of cases in which commercial interests, including timber, grazing, development and energy companies, had applied political pressure to reverse scientific conclusions deemed harmful to their business...."
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-scientists10feb10,0,4954654.story