House Budget Cuts Could End U.S. Science Leadership

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Spending cuts approved by the House would end America's reign as a scientific leader if they are enacted into law, a former Bush administration Energy Department official said yesterday.

"Left intact, the massive cuts in research contained in the bill passed on 19 February would effectively end America's legendary status as the leader of the worldwide scientific community," Raymond Orbach wrote in an editorial published online by the journal Science.

The continuing budget legislation passed by the House last week would slash the budgets of federal environment, energy and science agencies compared to 2010 spending levels -- cutting $3 billion from U.S. EPA, more than $1 billion from the Energy Department, and roughly $450 million from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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In his new editorial, Orbach -- who served as DOE's undersecretary for science under President George W. Bush -- called the House cuts "devastating."

"I can personally attest that funding for scientific research is not a partisan issue -- or at least shouldn't be," wrote Orbach, now director of the Energy Institute at the University of Texas, Austin.

"The cuts proposed in H.R. 1 would reverse a bipartisan commitment to double the science research budgets of the National Science Foundation, the DOE Office of Science, and the National Institute for Science and Technology over 10 years. These are national goals supported by both Presidents Bush and Obama, and they were affirmed as recently as last December in the America COMPETES Act," he said.

Orbach called on the Senate to reverse the House cuts.

"Failure to do so would relegate the United States to second-class status in the scientific community and threaten economic growth and prosperity for future generations of Americans," he wrote.

http://www.scientifi...ence-leadership

[mawilson 2,133]

Cutting the budget to 2010 levels is all it takes to end America's reign as a scientific leader?

[Ban Hammer 13,352]

Cutting the budget to 2010 levels is all it takes to end America's reign as a scientific leader?

apparently.

[Obama 2012 1,714]

America has led in Science in recent year?

Edited February 26, 2011 by Paul and Vanessa

[Amby 490]

Science research is important!

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Science research is important!

Penile research will continue, with, or without funding, as long as there is an internet.

Edited February 26, 2011 by Some Old Guy

[james&olya 1,121]

Who needs science when we have the likes of Palin, Beck, and Limbaugh?

[Amby 490]

Penile research will continue, with, or without funding, as long as there is an internet.

Hallelujah!

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Who needs science when we have the likes of Palin, Beck, and Limbaugh?

Exactly. Science is the single biggest fraud ever perpetrated on the American people.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Elections have meanings and they just de-funded Global warming. Bye bye. And Obama will do nothing about it, his Global Warming Czar quit for lack of interest and who has replaced her? Hmmm?

Global Warming ended November 2nd.

Oh, and so much for EPA enforcing greenhouse gases.

[웃 910]

Elections have meanings and they just de-funded Global warming. Bye bye. And Obama will do nothing about it, his Global Warming Czar quit for lack of interest and who has replaced her? Hmmm?

Global Warming ended November 2nd.

Oh, and so much for EPA enforcing greenhouse gases.

2/27/2011

http://www.tinygreen...r-pollen-season

Break out those antihistamines, because if you suffer from allergies, we have non-pleasing news for you. Researchers have linked global warming to the lengthening of North America's ragweed pollen season, otherwise known as that time of year when you're always puffy, red, stuffed up and sneezing. Not hot. The study, run by twenty primarily US-based researchers was published in the latest journal of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (Hey, you read it too, right?)

Edited February 28, 2011 by Lord Infamous

[Zero Sum 305]

Exactly. Science is the single biggest fraud ever perpetrated on the American people.

I bet the evil scientists are shaking in their lab coats right now.