The Obama administration was handed a defeat in court for the third time this year in a case involving the Freedom of Information Act, when a federal judge ruled the White House showed bad faith in holding back data about global warming to an organization seeking it, The Washington Times reports.
The NGO said the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy refused to release documents to back up director John Holdren's claim that global warming was making winters colder, a statement refuted by most scientists.
After the government agency initially said it could not find any such documents, it changed its story several times in an attempt to avoid making them public as required by law.
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/white-house-global-warming-climate-change-judge/2016/05/10/id/728098/#ixzz48M0vDqz1
Judge Amit Mehta granted legal discovery in a case brought by the Competitive Enterprise Institute, an NGO that seeks to advance the principles of limited government, free enterprise, and individual liberty.
The NGO said the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy refused to release documents to back up director John Holdren's claim that global warming was making winters colder, a statement refuted by most scientists.
After the government agency initially said it could not find any such documents, it changed its story several times in an attempt to avoid making them public as required by law.
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/white-house-global-warming-climate-change-judge/2016/05/10/id/728098/#ixzz48M0vDqz1
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