Cambridge Forum, Feb 21 - Seth Shulman on UCS' report re: Bush administration's mis-use of science
Karl Thidemann
report exposing ExxonMobil's funding of a climate disinformation
campaign. Also, the number of scientists who have co-signed the UCS
statement now exceeds 10,000. - kt]
Exposing the Bush Administration's Mis-use of Science
Seth Shulman
Wed., Feb. 21st, 7:30 pm
Cambridge Forum
3 Church Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
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In 2001, a group of eminent American scientists-affiliated with the
Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)-contacted Seth Shulman, an
experienced investigative journalist, and asked him to look into
charges of serious mishandling of scientific information in the Bush
administration. His investigation resulted in the groundbreaking
report, "Restoring Scientific Integrity in Policy Making," which
served as the basis for a highly publicized UCS statement accusing the
Bush administration of a misuse of science that was signed by dozens
of Nobel laureates, National Medal of Science winners, and member of
the National Academy of Sciences. To date, over 8,000 scientists have
signed. He details this expose in his new book, "Undermining Science:
Suppression and Distortion in the Bush Administration."
Shulman discusses this troubling discovery at the Cambridge Forum on
February 21. The program begins at 7:30 p.m. at First Parish, 3 Church
Street, Harvard Square, in Cambridge. A book-signing courtesy of
Harvard Book Store follows the program.
Seth Shulman, an award-winning journalist, has written about science
for journals ranging from Nature to Rolling Stone as well as the Times
of London, the Boston Globe and the Los Angeles Times. He is author of
"The Threat at Home: Confronting the Toxic Legacy of the U.S.
Military," and for the 2004-2005 academic year, he was the first-ever
Dibner Science Writer Fellow at MIT.
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