Grijalva harasses Heartland Associate
by Jonathan DuHamel on Feb. 25, 2012, under PoliticsCongressman Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), my very own Congressman, has sent a letter on behalf of Greenpeace to Rep. Doc Hastings Chairman, and Rep. Ed Markey Ranking Member, House Natural Resources Committee, requesting that they investigate Dr. Indur Goklany, the Assistant Director of Programs, Science and Technology Policy at the Department of the Interior and an associate of the Heartland Institute.
The reason stated in the letter is that Heartland “lists Dr. Goklany as receiving $1,000 per month to write a chapter on “Economics and Policy” for a Heartland-funded book on climate science. As the Greenpeace letter points out, employees of federal agencies are specifically warned not to take payment from outside organizations, particularly for “teaching, speaking and writing that relates to [their] official duties.”
Mr. Grijalva has been silent and apparently unconcerned that global warming activist James Hansen, head of the Goddard Institute for Space Studies, has “received approximately $1.6 million in outside, direct cash income in the past five years for work related to — and, according to his benefactors, often expressly for — his public service as a global warming activist within NASA.” (Source)
Grijalva’s current action and previous failure of action appear to be pure political harassment of the Heartland Institute who were victims of another global warming activist, Dr. Peter E. Gleick of “Fakegate” fame. (see story here)
Mr. Grijalva, as one of your constituents (remember us?), I suggest there are other issues slightly more important than Heartland consultants, like the economy, jobs, and the pervious Arizona border. Or are you really just the representative for Greenpeace and the Center for Biological Diversity?
