Posted on 06/21/2018 6:33:46 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
A group of Republican senators is calling for an investigation into National Science Foundation (NSF) grants teaching meteorologists about climate change, saying the program has moved past science and into political action.
Republican Sens. Ted Cruz (Texas), Rand Paul (Ky.), James Lankford (Okla.), and Jim Inhofe (Okla.) requested the probe in a letter sent to the NSF inspector general Wednesday, saying the grants are “not science – it is propagandizing," NBC News reported.
The letter states that the foundation has “issued several grants which seek to influence political and social debate rather than conduct scientific research.” The senators claim that could have violated the Hatch Act, which blocks federal workers from taking public political stances, as well as the NSF’s mission, according to the network.
The program, called Climate Central, has been in place for six years. NBC News reported Wednesday that the program has taught more than 500 meteorologists about global warming.
Climate Central CEO Ben Strauss pushed back against the Republicans’ claims in an email to NSF.
“Climate Central is not an advocacy organization, and the scientific consensus on climate change is not a political viewpoint,” Strauss said.
Several top Trump administration officials, including Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt, have cast doubt on the causes behind climate change.
Pruitt said last year that human behavior is not a “primary contributor” to climate change.
Winning.
scientific consensus is an oxymoron.
Apparently the meteorologist is taught subtle means of altering real data.
Interesting...is it possible there is a change in the wind in the Senate?
Or just Turtle breaking wind.
“GOP senators call for probe into federal grants on climate change reporting “
Screw the probe...cut them off NOW!
Yup—stop probing and start smashing to nanobits!
The “researchers” want the global warming grant money and the Democrats want the power.
It won’t happen. Any solution will have to evolve into place.
More $$$$$ to BUILD THE WALL.
Time to stop this $$$$$$$$$$$ outflow on hundreds of thousands of grants.
Yep it’s the UFO’s causing it,one could get a grant to see if worms talk.
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