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House Committee: Obama Fired Top Scientist Over Climate Change
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By Cathy Burke | Tuesday, 20 Dec 2016 05:49 PM

The Obama administration fired a scientist, intimidated staff at the Department of Energy, and allegedly ordered officials to obstruct Congress – all in order to push its climate change agenda, a House committee report asserted.

The Washington Free Beacon detailed Tuesday a report released by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, which is chaired by Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, charged senior Obama administration officials retaliated against the scientist, Dr. Noelle Metting, who was manager of a radiation research program, and devised ways to block a congressional inquiry into the radiation research.

"Instead of providing the type of scientific information needed by Congress to legislate effectively, senior departmental officials sought to hide information, lobbied against legislation, and retaliated against a scientist for being forthcoming," Smith said in a statement, the Free Beacon reported.

"In this staff report based on lengthy record before the committee, much has been revealed about how senior level agency officials under the Obama administration retaliated against a scientist who did not follow the party line."

The scathing analysis comes in the wake of a report the Department of Energy refused to turn over to Donald Trump's transition team the names of its staff members who worked on climate change issues for the Obama administration.

The Free Beacon reported the analysis goes into congressional efforts to regulate the Low Dose Radiation Research Program, which aimed to test the impact of radiation on human beings. The program, started in the 1990s, was meant to support research into waste cleanup and the impact of nuclear weapons.

Lawmakers introduced the Low Dose Radiation Act of 2014 late that year to regulate the program and minimize harmful side effects, the Free Beacon noted.

During an October 2014 briefing on the matter, Metting testified, and less than a month later, she was "removed . . . from federal service for allegedly providing too much information in response to questions posed by" Congress during the briefing, the report stated.

Smith's report found congressional investigators determined the removal was in part retaliation against her because she "refused to conform to the predetermined remarks and talking points designed by management to undermine the advancement of "the 2014 radiation act," the Free Beacon reported.

Congress is recommending a full overhaul of the energy department's management structure, the Free Beacon reported.

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Larry the Legend Loc: Not hiding in Milton

Absolutely, unbelievably, true! They gave her a list of 'talking points' to stick to and she answered questions honestly and fully instead. Basically told them to go get bent. Didn't go down too well back at the boss' office.

"The report also provides evidence that the Obama administration worked to kill legislation in order to ensure that it could receive full funding for its own hotly contested climate change agenda." Yep. Fired for failing to sufficiently advance a political agenda. Welcome to ObamaWorld! Check your ethics and morals at the door.

Here's the link:

http://freebeacon.com/politics/congress-obama-admin-fired-top-scientist-advance-climate-change-plans/

no propaganda please Loc: moon orbiting the third rock from the sun

Thanks for the update. One Democrat Marxist fraud after another. Does anybody care?

PeterS

The Arctic is 50 degrees above normal in the middle of December so Santa isn't going to have a white Christmas. What more do we need to know about global warming than that?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/north-pole-heat-wave_us_585afe4de4b0d9a594570c03

Morgan

They don't believe in the effects man has created to the environment, how is that reasoning even possible? Not to validate it is illogical... there you have'em. As Thomas Jefferson said it's like arguing with the dead.

Larry the Legend Loc: Not hiding in Milton

Oh? Which way is the wind blowing? And yes, that does make a big difference. Also, whose thermometer is it? I wouldn't trust anything coming from Huffington.

tugboat

It just snowed in the Sahara desert for the first time in almost 40 years.Strange things happen.

grace scott

Humans have desecrated the beautiful planet that God gave us. Our air is not fit to breath. Our water is not fit to drink. our treatment of the oceans is criminal.

tri-states

Lock and load with hog fat lubed ammo, before it's too late!!!

Larry the Legend Loc: Not hiding in Milton

'Climate Change!' It's getting colder, therefore it's getting warmer! I'll bet there's some 'climate scientist' somewhere who's got a really long and convoluted explanation of how that's possible. It's a new branch of science called... Oh, look, a flock of turtles! See ya later!

Callan

This is a typical reaction by Loony Tunes Liberals who are deathly afraid of an honest debate over the affects of low dosage expose to radiation or human causes Global Warming. Their agenda is all about Power and Control over all of us by increased taxation and increased regulations and has nothing to do with actual science. Radiation exposure is well studied and well understood. Climate Change is one of their cornerstones of misinformation because it identifies a made up problem with convenient made up solution. Since the end our last ice age roughly 10,500 years ago or so the entire world's climate has been much warmer and much colder than it is now long before we had any significant human population existed. Firing an honest scientist because she is not a mixed up and easily lead cool aid drinker is not surprising.

Docadhoc Loc: Elsewhere

Have you noticed that many of the CC proponents are on the west coast, where the radiation from the Japanese reactor/tsunami has arrived? Perhaps radiation damage is more insidious than we know? Just sayin'.

ldsuttonjr Loc: ShangriLa

Durp! Try truthful sites instead of the shit you read!!!!

Docadhoc Loc: Elsewhere

Currently the arctic ocean is warmer than usual. That's true, but 50 degrees is asinine and you destroy your credibility posting such nonsense.

If you are going to say such ridiculous things, why should anyone bother to read your.posts? Until.Hillary lost you used to be fair minded but since her loss you have gone off the deep end. I notice the same for many liberals here and around the country.

Did you never consider that political power cycles and with such a division as we currently have in America that you could easily cycle out?

You all act as if you actually believed your own PR. If.you are all that tunnel visioned, it's good all the way around that.you are out. Your predilection for manufacturing information just got.you in big trouble. I suggest you find a way to talk without the obvious overblown statements.

ldsuttonjr Loc: ShangriLa

peter small (s). Has been gored by al Gore!