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Scientists attack their 'muzzling' by government
2016-02-20 15:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Senior scientists have denounced a potential move to muzzle colleagues whose findings are disliked by the government. British researchers get green light to genetically modify human embryos Read more The proposal announced by the Cabinet Office earlier this month would block researchers who receive government grants from using their results to lobby for changes to laws or regulations. For example, an academic whose government-funded research showed that new regulations were proving particularly...
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Canadian Scientists Say the Government Is Muzzling Them and They Want It to Stop
2015-05-22 15:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Vice: Hundreds of union activists representing Canada's scientists held protests in cities across the country this week, demanding the federal government end what they see as rampant political interference of scientific research. There would have been thousands of government scientists joining them, according to the unions, but they worried that if they went, their jobs could become casualties of the Canadian government's so-called "war on science". "Our scientists are scared," said Catherine Gagnon,...
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NYT Criticizes Canadian Govt's Muzzling of Scientists to Protect Oil Sands
2013-09-23 07:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Post: The New York Times editorial board is taking the Harper government to task for allegedly silencing publicly funded scientists, a strategy the Times says is designed to ensure oil sands production proceeds quietly. The strongly worded Sunday editorial comes as the PR fight over the proposed Keystone XL pipeline is heating up, with U.S. President Barack Obama yet to make a decision on whether to approve the project that would transport bitumen from Albertas oil sands to the U.S. Gulf Coast. Over...
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Canada faces science muzzling probe
2013-04-02 19:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Canada's Information Commission is to investigate claims that the government is "muzzling" its scientists. The move is in response to a complaint filed by academics and a campaign group. BBC News reported last year instances of the government blocking requests by journalists to interview scientists. Some scientists alleged that the muzzling could help suppress environmental concerns about government policies. The former president of the Canadian Science Writers' Association, Veronique...
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