{"id":1133,"date":"2007-04-06T21:12:19","date_gmt":"2007-04-07T03:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=1133"},"modified":"2017-06-06T06:20:54","modified_gmt":"2017-06-06T12:20:54","slug":"gag-order-placed-on-environmental-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/04\/gag-order-placed-on-environmental-truth\/","title":{"rendered":"Gag Order Placed on Environmental Truth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/gagtape1.jpg\" ><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/gagtape.thumbnail1.jpg\" alt=\"gagtape.jpg\" align= \"left\"\/><\/a>News Releases<br \/>\n For Immediate Release: April 3, 2007<br \/>\n Contact: Carol Goldberg (202) 265-7337<\/p>\n<p>CLIMATE AND OCEAN SCIENTISTS PUT UNDER NEW SPEECH RESTRAINTS &#8211; Any Scientific Statements &#8220;of Official Interest&#8221; Must be Pre-Approved<\/p>\n<p>Washington, DC &#8211; Federal climate, weather and marine scientists will be subject to new restrictions as to what they can say to the media or in public, according to agency documents released today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). Under rules posted last week, these federal scientists must obtain agency pre-approval to speak or write, whether on or off-duty, concerning any scientific topic deemed &#8220;of official interest.&#8221;\u009d<\/p>\n<p>On March 29, 2007, the Commerce Department posted a new administrative order governing &#8220;Public Communications.&#8221;\u009d This new order covers the National Oceanic &amp; Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which includes the National Weather Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service. Commerce&#8217;s new order will become effective in 45 days and would repeal a more liberal &#8220;open science&#8221;\u009d policy adopted by NOAA on February 14, 2006.<\/p>\n<p>(Source)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News Releases For Immediate Release: April 3, 2007 Contact: Carol Goldberg (202) 265-7337 CLIMATE AND OCEAN SCIENTISTS PUT UNDER NEW SPEECH RESTRAINTS &#8211; Any Scientific Statements &#8220;of Official Interest&#8221; Must be Pre-Approved Washington, DC &#8211; Federal climate, weather and marine scientists will be subject to new restrictions as to what they can say to the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13637,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[122,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bush_era","category-impeachment-evidence"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gag Order Placed on Environmental Truth &#8226; Impeach for Peace<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Citizen&#039;s impeach strategy. 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