鈥淚n this administration, science strongly informs policy. It is important to remember, however, that even when the science is clear 鈥� and often it is not 鈥� it is but one input into the policy process.鈥�
Presidential science adviser John H. Marburger III responds to accusations that the Bush administration has censored science to suit its policy (, 2 April)
鈥淩epublicans can鈥檛 stress enough that extremists are screaming 鈥楧oomsday!鈥� when the environment is actually seeing a new and better day.鈥�
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An extract from a leaked email sent to Republican press secretaries (The Observer, London, 4 April)
鈥淭he forest service in the UK is in Edinburgh because there鈥檚 not a tree left in England.鈥�
Tasmanian premier Paul Lennon reacting to the call by some UK MPs for tourists to boycott Tasmania in protest against its logging of ancient forests (The Independent, London, 5 April).
鈥淚 believe Iraqi scientists are being targeted by foreign powers, most probably Israel.鈥�
Usama al-Ani, director of Iraq鈥檚 Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, on assassination claims (Aljazeera.net, 31 March)
鈥淭his should be a wake-up call that we need to take a closer look at how early media use affects children.鈥�
Vicky Rideout of the Kaiser Family Foundation on a study suggesting the more television toddlers watch, the more likely they are to have attention problems at school (USA Today, 5 April)