Heeding the objections of scientists, the Energy Department has dropped part of a plan to make foreign nationals at its laboratories wear badges stating the countries they are from.
An article in The New York Times reported that it failed to get some environmental permits to approve drilling in the gulf and ignored objections from scientists to keep those projects on schedule.
Those negotiations took place here this week, and were often contentious, with the United States, China and India raising many objections, said scientists who spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not allowed to publicly refer to any countries by name.
A12 Uproar Over Badge Plan The Energy Department, heeding the objections of scientists, has dropped part of a plan to make foreign nationals at its laboratories wear badges stating the countries they are from.
[C1.] Russian Panel Approves Plan for Oil Pipeline A Russian regulatory panel reviewing plans to build an oil pipeline that would pass along the shoreline of Lake Baikal, the world's biggest fresh-water lake by volume, announced that it had approved the proposal over objections from scientists and environmental groups.
Despite vigorous objection from scientists, 40% of Americans support schools teaching intelligent design, a form of creationism, according to YouGov, a polling firm.Americans' inclination to spurn scientific consensus and be unreasonably suspicious of research, more than a gap in enthusiasm, will make it tough to get kids interested in science.
Debes said Ewald dismissed objections raised by scientists about possible health risks, accusing them of "cowardice".
South Norfolk district council last month ignored objections by environmental scientists to wave through proposals for new rugby pitches and 315 car parking spaces on water meadows in the Yare valley.
Sure there are objections – from climate scientists warning of the potent warming powers of methane, or local communities that don't want these high-risk export ports on their beloved coasts.
