NASA officials removed the phrase "to understand and protect our home planet" from their mission statement over political pressure from global warming naysayers, says one NASA scientist:
That statement was repeatedly cited last winter by NASA climate scientist James Hansen, who said he was being threatened by political appointees for speaking about the dangers posed by greenhouse gas emissions. But NASA officials told The New York Times the elimination of the phrase that was used by Hansen was "pure coincidence."
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