Report by the E.P.A. Leaves Out Data on Climate Change. After editing by the White House, a section describing risks from rising global temperatures has been whittled to a few noncommittal paragraphs. By Andrew C. Revkin with Katharine Q. Seelye. [New York Times: Science]
If the White House really wants less government, think how much it could save by not trying to massage the science to reflect its politics. The New York Times editorial puts it more bluntly: The Bush administration is burying another E.P.A. report – and its head in the sand – on the issue of global warming.