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White House said to bar hurricane report
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Sep 26, 2006 05:43pm |
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| Media | Website - Yahoo News |
| News Date | Tuesday, September 26, 2006 10:40:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The Bush administration has blocked release of a report that suggests global warming is contributing to the frequency and strength of hurricanes, the journal Nature reported Tuesday. The possibility that warming conditions may cause storms to become stronger has generated debate among climate and weather experts, particularly in the wake of the Hurricane Katrina disaster.
In the new case, Nature said weather experts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration — part of the
Commerce Department — in February set up a seven-member panel to prepare a consensus report on the views of agency scientists about global warming and hurricanes.
According to Nature, a draft of the statement said that warming may be having an effect. |
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