NOAA hoarding data away from researchers but BP receives it immediately

[Bluebear]

via Americablog:

To be fair to NOAA, Tony Hayward is the president, after all. More from Dan Froomkin at the Huffington Post:

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is hoarding vast amounts of raw data that independent marine researchers say could help both the public and scientists better understand the extent of the damage being caused by the massive BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

In most cases, NOAA insists on putting the data through a ponderous, many-weeks-long vetting process before making it public.

In other cases, NOAA actually intended to keep the data secret indefinitely. But officials told the Huffington Post on Tuesday that they have now decided to release it -- though when remains unclear.

BP, incidentally, gets to see all this data right away.

http://www.americablog.com/2010/07/noaa-hoarding-data-away-from.html

[FSogol]

1. Um, wouldn't BP be the organization that is generating the data?

:shrug:

[Bluebear]

2. Yes if you considering polluting the water that independent scientists are analyzing "generating"

:shrug:

...NOAA eventually sent out a half dozen ships packed with scientists, on back-to-back research missions. But the only detailed results so far made public were collected during a single mission that ended in late May -- almost two months ago. And some data -- including from the very first research vessel to take underwater tests, the Jack Fitz -- wasn't slated to be released at all, because it's part of what NOAA calls its Natural Resources Damage Assessment (NRDA).