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Re:EPA: Pruitt will launch program to 'critique' climate sci... by rayiner on Friday June 30, 2017 @12:18PM (#14671689)
> If ACC doesn't exist, the academic lobby will fight for their prestige ang grants

It would be better for "the academic lobby" to peddle the idea that climate science is unsettled, which would create more of a need for grants to study the issue.

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Re:EPA: Pruitt will launch program to 'critique' climate sci... by joesb on Friday June 30, 2017 @01:18PM (#14672173)
Correct. Academic's job is to study, it doesn't matter what the outcome is, they have grants either way.
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Re:EPA: Pruitt will launch program to 'critique' climate sci... by voice_of_reason on Friday June 30, 2017 @01:23PM (#14672209)
It is not always true. Imagine the system, where the government is a primary source of grants. There is a possibility that government will prefer funding the scientists whose work supports government's political agenda.
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