Is it Getting Hotter in Here?
From the New York Times (free registration required to read article): Report by the E.P.A. Leaves Out Data on Climate Change
More information on climate change from the World Wildlife Fund (aka "The All-Too-Real WWF"). And in other news...
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"The difference between being black and being gay," said one gay activist, "is that you don't have to come down at breakfast one morning and break it to your parents: 'Mum, Dad, I'm black.'" from Gay is the New Black
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Did you say "Potter in here?" That's right, the new Harry Potter book is coming out this weekend; my copy from Amazon should be arriving on my doorstep sometime on Saturday. All my plans for listening to the audio CDs as a refresher before tackling the new tome have gone to hell amidst a crazy work schedule, so I'll have to rely on my sister to pick up all the references to tidbits dropped in the first four books. A few links to news of the Potter mania:
- Highfalutin Harry: Scholars Rev Up for Latest Potter Book (ABC News)
- The Real Magic of Harry Potter (TIME)
- A countdown to the arrival of The Order of the Phoenix (The Leaky Cauldron)
- 'Harry Potter' Author, Publisher Sue NY Daily News over Leak and many other Potter-related stories (Yahoo! News)
- Harry Potter to Hit Shelves (includes mention of an audio CD version, hooray!) (Wall Street Journal)
Comments (2)
Yes, I caught that story in the NYT on climate change. Interesting, isn't it?
I think if I was on the EPA team that compiled the report I would be pretty annoyed at the fact that half the work I did was excluded. But then I understand the EPA side of the argument, that it's best to just not include the section, rather than have the whole report qualified by the fact that you're "global warming" section is supect.
Nonetheless, I'm always amazed at the White House's ability to control information. Whether it's healthy or not for the public (and it's obviously not), you've got to admire their stamina in their ability to control messages.
Posted by zachary korb | June 19, 2003 9:09 PM
Posted on June 19, 2003 21:09
So true! I agree that I'd rather remove the paragraph than have its inclusion invalidate the rest of the report, and I too am amazed at the Bush administration's ability to control info. What I find even odder is that there's so little uproar over it.
(Just realized that the "it" is a bit ambiguous there... I intended to refer to the Bush administration's information management techniques, but the comment could as easily apply to the EPA report.)
Posted by Lori | June 19, 2003 9:19 PM
Posted on June 19, 2003 21:19