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ask for the name is removed after the mention of climate change and sea level taken by the authorities of Texas

agents of the State of Texas, Rick Perry, launched a revolt after purging scientists mentioned climate change and sea level it is supposed to refer to an environmental report. Scientists said they were repudiating the report on Galveston Bay because of political interference and censorship go to the state agency Perry environment.

By academic standards, the amounts of protest to the beginning of a rebellion every individual scientists associated with the 200-page report, demanded their names be removed from this document. "None of us can be part of scientific censorship so that we all have our names removed," said Jim Lester, co-author and vice president of the Houston Advanced Research Center.

"For me it's just a matter of maintaining scientific credibility. It's just the antithesis of what a scientist does," said Lester. "You can not censor." Scientists in Texas are at high risk because of climate change, increased exposure to hurricanes and extreme weather conditions of its long coastline of the summer season of forest fires and drought.

However, Perry, in his race for the Republican nomination, has raised the denial of the science on climate change to evolution, an art form. He opposes any regulation of the industry, and has repeatedly challenged the authority of the Agency for Environmental Protection.

Texas is the only state to refuse to sign the new regulations from the federal government on emissions of greenhouse gas emissions. "I want to tell people that we live in a state of denial in the state of Texas," said John Anderson, of Oceanography at Rice University and author of the chapter headed by government censors.

This state of denial are the leaders of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. The head of the agency, which was appointed by Perry, who is known to question the science of climate change. "The current chair, Bryan Shaw, speaks often of how climate change induced by man is a hoax," said Anderson.

But scientists said they still hoped to avoid a collision with just avoiding a direct reference to human causes of climate change and pasting the contents of journals. However, the plan began to unravel when the agency officials made numerous unauthorized changes to the chapter by Anderson, deleting references to climate change, sea level and destruction of wetlands .

Mother Jones has been following the changes. The agency defended its actions. "It would be irresponsible to take what is sent and we publish it," Andrea Morrow, a spokesman said in a statement emailed to you. "The information was included in a report that we agree. '" / Aa>