White House edits Report by the E.P.A. -- Leaves Out Data on Climate Change

In the end, E.P.A. staff members, after discussions with administration officials, said they decided to delete the entire discussion to avoid criticism that they were selectively filtering science to suit policy.

The White House cut out paragraphs from studies that found human contributions to global warming, while adding quotes from a study that disputes that claim. The study that disputes that claim received funding from the American Petroleum Institute. Now I don't know jackshit about global warming and its causes, but I do know bullshit when I see it.

From the story:

"Political staff are becoming increasingly bold in forcing agency officials to endorse junk science," said Jeremy Symons, a climate policy expert at the National Wildlife Federation. "This is like the White House directing the secretary of labor to alter unemployment data to paint a rosy economic picture."

You know, it's like lying.