The Dead Eagle Has Landed - By Greg Pollowitz - Planet Gore - National Review Online

If an oil company killed 80 eagles in a spill, its CEO would be getting death threats.

David Suzuki: Science must be free from political interference in Canada

Recently, we’ve seen more “muzzling” of scientists, funding cuts, and an increasing disregard for science in policy-making and public conversation. The U.S. has seen calls to abolish the Environmental Protection Agency and the rise of climate change deniers in national politics.

Last September, the head of the Canadian Science Writers’ Association, which represents science journalists, spoke out against the “unacceptable political interference” in how government science is communicated. Now, everything federal scientists say to the media must be approved by political staff. They are not allowed to deviate from approved “media lines”.

The government has also slashed funding for climate change research, jeopardizing our ability to assess risks to human health, infrastructure, and the environment. And in early August, it announced that more than 700 Environment Canada employees face the axe in the coming months. According to the Hill Times, the affected workers include "100 physical scientists, 19 meteorologists, 45 computer scientists, chemists, biologists and engineers". Fisheries and Oceans Canada and National Research Council staff have also received layoff notices. The cuts seriously jeopardize the ability of government departments to provide effective leadership and public science when it's needed more than ever.

» Rejecting Science: When The Study Doesn’t Match the Liberal Agenda, Liberals Ignore the Study - Big Government

The environmentalists have an insatiable desire to ban what they, despite the evidence, don’t like. It didn’t start with BPA, and it won’t end with BPA…unless we end it.