“The days of science taking a back seat to ideology are over… To undermine scientific integrity is to undermine our democracy. It is contrary to our way of life.” Or – “Science is what we say it is. Sit down and shutup!”

No it is not a conspiracy. What we have here is a dogmatic approach.

Alan – “What we have here is a failure to communicate!”

Well I can kinda see how choosing truth and science over team hope-n-change’s dogma could rankle.

Then the nerve of this tuff stuff!

In a surprisingly well done report CBS postulated…

The e-mail correspondence raises questions about political interference in what was supposed to be a independent review process inside a federal agency — and echoes criticisms of the EPA under the Bush administration, which was accused of suppressing a pro-climate change document.

That deserves a resounding “YA THINK?” The CBS article needs to be read in full. It has fun little tidbits like this…

“I was told for probably the first time in I don’t know how many years exactly what I was to work on,” said Carlin, a 38-year veteran of the EPA. “And it was not to work on climate change.” One e-mail orders him to update a grants database instead.

For its part, the EPA sent CBSNews.com an e-mailed statement saying: “Claims that this individual’s opinions were not considered or studied are entirely false. This Administration and this EPA Administrator are fully committed to openness, transparency and science-based decision making. These principles were reflected throughout the development of the proposed endangerment finding, a process in which a broad array of voices were heard and an inter-agency review was conducted.”

Carlin has an undergraduate degree in physics from CalTech and a PhD in economics from MIT. His Web site lists papers about the environment and public policy dating back to 1964, spanning topics from pollution control to environmentally-responsible energy pricing.

Didn’t somebody mention transparency?