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ABOUT CEI ISSUES NEWSROOM EXPERTS SPEAKERS BUREAU PUBLICATIONS EVENTS MORE BY THIS AUTHOR Statement on EPA Response to Supreme Court Greenhouse Gas Decision March 27, 2008 Congress's Online Gambling Ban Burden Without Benefit, Says Study March 27, 2008 National Ad Campaign to Contrast Al Gore's Lifestyle with his Calls to Restrict Energy March 7, 2008 more GIVE NOW one-time donation Home > News Release > White House Acknowledges Climate Report Was not Subjected to Sound Science Law White House Acknowledges Climate Report Was not Subjected to Sound Science Law CEI Drops Lawsuit against Bush Administration by CEI Staff November 5, 2003 Contact for Interviews: Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 Washington, D.C., November 6, 2003--The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) has publicly acknowledged that the National Assessment on Climate Change was not "subjected to OSTP's Information Quality Act guidelines." This acknowledgement now appears prominently on the document posted on the U. S. Global Change Research Program's web site (http://www.usgcrp.gov/usgcrp/nacc/). With this admission, the Competitive Enterprise Institute has withdrawn its complaint in federal court that the National Assessment did not meet the minimal scientific standards required by the Federal Data Quality Act. $ monthly $ A subsequent product disseminated by the Environmental Protection Agency, Climate Action Report 2002, repeats many of the scientifically unsupportable assertions contained in the National Assessment and should now be subjected to FDQA guidelines, as should the next National Assessment due in October 2004. "The record shows that the Clinton White House pressured bureaucrats to rush out an incomplete and inaccurate report despite protests from government scientists," said Christopher C. Horner, Senior Fellow at CEI. "The government also subsequently confirmed that the two climate models selected for the National Assessment are `outliers' chosen to guarantee extreme results and are incapable of replicating even past climate trends." SEARCH CEI.OGRoG TV Appearances Eli Lehrer discusses the John Locke Foundation report on N.C. auto insurance More TV Appearances CEI argued in its complaint that theNational Assessment violates legal requirements of objectivity and utility by employing computer models proven unreliable and by incorrectly revising climate history to portray the climate of the 20th century as unusual. "We are pleased to see that the federal government has now put the public on notice that the National Assessment is propaganda, not science," said Myron Ebell, Director of Global Warming Policy at CEI. "The next report must meet the minimal scientific standards required by the Federal Data Quality Act." Competitive Enterprise Institute 1001 Connecticut Ave, NW Washington, DC 20036 ph# 202-331-1010 fax# 202-331-0640 CONTACT US | JOBS | STAFF | PRIVACY | LINKS | EVENTS | SUPPORT CEI 2001-2008, Competitive Enterprise Institute. All rights reserved.