Texas officials censored climate change report

New Scientist : A 2010 report on Galveston Bay has been delayed by disputes between the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) and the Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) because of edits TCEQ made to the portion of the report the research center provided to the commission. TCEQ officials deleted all references to sea-level rise, human-induced climate change, and human-caused change in other contexts, such as wetlands destruction. The three scientists involved in the paper—Jim Lester, vice president of HARC and editor of the publication; Lisa Gonzales, a co-editor; and John Anderson of Rice University, the author—have asked that their names be removed from the edited version of the report, citing issues of scientific credibility.