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  Bush administration in hot seat over warming
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Last EditedServo  Jan 30, 2007 02:00pm
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News DateTuesday, January 30, 2007 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionThe Democratic-controlled Congress on Tuesday stepped up its pressure on President Bush’s global warming strategy, hearing allegations of new political pressure on government scientists to downplay the threat of global warming.

Lawmakers received survey results of federal scientists that showed 46 percent felt pressure to eliminate the words “climate change,” “global warming” or similar terms from communications about their work.

The scientists also reported 435 instances of political interference in their work over the past five years.
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