Guardian UK : BP officials tried to influence scientists; White House clashed with NOAA,EPA on spill

[Bluebear]

BP officials tried to take control of a $500m fund pledged by the oil company for independent research into the consequences of the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, it has emerged.

Documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show BP officials openly discussing how to influence the work of scientists supported by the fund, which was created by the oil company in May last year....

Other documents obtained by Greenpeace suggest that the politics of oil spill science was not confined to BP. The White House clashed with officials from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last summer when drafting the administration's account of what has happened to the spilled oil.

On 4 August, Jane Lubchenco, the NOAA administrator, demanded that the White House issue a correction after it claimed that the "vast majority" of BP oil was gone from the Gulf.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/apr/15/bp-control-science-gulf-oil-spill

[BeyondWords]

1. So the Obama administration was lying to the public

in an effort to protect corporate interests? Why am i not shocked?

[spanone]

2. yes, why are you not shocked?

[Bluebear]

3. !