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.
