As the public's demand for practical information on climate change grows, Congressional Republicans have killed a no-cost measure that would help the public get that information.
"At first look, the proposal is as dull, bureaucratic and routine as an agency request to Congress can be.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration wanted to reshuffle its offices to establish a National Climate Service akin to the agency’s National Weather Service. It asked for no new funding to do so.
But in a political climate where talk of the earthly kind of climate can be radioactive, the answer in last week’s budget deal was 'no.' Congress barred NOAA from launching what the agency bills as a 'one-stop shop' for climate information."
Brian Vastag reports for the Washington Post November 20, 2011.
