March Environment & Climate News :Scientists Question Quality of Government's Climate Data

The March issue of Environment & Climate News reports some 300 scientists, engineers, and economists sent a letter to U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith, chairman of the House Science Committee, warning data used by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to produce a 2015 report on climate change failed to comply with the Data Quality Act. "If NOAA had obeyed the law and carried out the required peer review of [the report], this whole affair could have been avoided. Hopefully NOAA will obey the law in the future," said William Happer, Ph.D., of Princeton University.

Also in this issue:

• In a campaign-stop interview, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump reiterated statements he first made in early October about the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) being a prime target for budget cuts if he is elected president.

• The Interior Department has ordered a moratorium on new coal leases on federal land.

• The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new genetically modified potato for sale.

• Award-winning physicist William Happer says Congress must ensure government agencies follow a data quality law.

• A new bill would clear a log jam of conflicting land and water uses in the Klamath Basin.

• The Colorado Supreme Court is considering a legal challenge questioning the state's control over fracking policy.

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