Researchers were told to censor descriptions of projects funded by a Department of Energy laboratory.
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27 August 2017
A previous version of the story stated that Sanderman said PNNL officials were worried about the grant. In fact, he does not know their intention. This was speculation.
29 August 2017
The story has been updated to clarify what Scott Saleska told Nature about the actions by DOE programme managers.
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Tollefson, J., Maxmen, A. US energy agency asked scientists to scrub references to climate change. Nature (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2017.22513
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