For Immediate Release: February 3, 2010
INTERNATIONAL SCIENTISTS CONDEMN PURGE OF PROFESSOR ? Scientific Commission Decries Oil Industry Influence at University of Alaska
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?Unfortunately, American government agencies are gaining a well-deserved international reputation for bending science to support politically powerful industries,? stated PEER Executive Director Jeff Ruch whose organization has filed a rulemaking petition with NOAA demanding that its grants not be used to silence scientists. ?The U.S. is plunging headlong to open up some of the most important and sensitive marine areas on the planet to petroleum production without a clear idea of the real environmental and economic costs. That is the reason that it is so important that experts such as Rick Steiner are allowed to work without obstruction.?
