oto ▁Pro tocol . ▁ ▁The ▁Bush ▁Administration ' s ▁st ance ▁on ▁global ▁war ming , ▁and ▁in ▁particular ▁its ▁question ing ▁the ▁cons ensus ▁of ▁scient ists , ▁would ▁remain ▁controvers ial ▁in ▁the ▁scientific ▁and ▁environmental ▁communities ▁during ▁his ▁presiden cy . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁the ▁Director ▁of ▁NASA ' s ▁God d ard ▁Institute , ▁James ▁E . ▁Hans en , ▁came ▁out ▁public ly ▁and ▁har sh ly ▁acc using ▁the ▁Administration ▁of ▁mis in form ing ▁the ▁public ▁by ▁suppress ing ▁the ▁scientific ▁evidence ▁of ▁the ▁d angers ▁of ▁green house ▁g ases , ▁saying ▁the ▁Bush ▁Administration ▁wanted ▁to ▁hear ▁only ▁scientific ▁results ▁that ▁" fit ▁pred et erm ined , ▁inf lex ible ▁positions " ▁and ▁edited ▁reports ▁to ▁make ▁the ▁d angers ▁sound ▁less ▁threaten ing ▁in ▁what ▁he ▁assert ed ▁was ▁" direct ▁opposition ▁to ▁the ▁most ▁fundamental ▁pre cept s ▁of ▁science ." ▁Other ▁exper ts , ▁such ▁as ▁former ▁U . S . ▁Department ▁of ▁Energy ▁official ▁Joseph ▁R omm , ▁have ▁de cri ed ▁the ▁Bush ▁administration ▁as ▁a ▁" den ier ▁and ▁del ayer " ▁of ▁government ▁action ▁essential ▁to ▁reduce ▁carbon ▁em issions ▁and ▁d eter ▁global ▁war ming . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁Council ▁on ▁Environment al ▁Qu ality ▁chairman ▁and ▁former ▁oil ▁industry ▁lo bb y ist ▁Philip ▁Co oney , ▁was ▁accused ▁of ▁doctor ing ▁and ▁water ing ▁down ▁descri ptions ▁of ▁climate ▁research ▁from ▁other ▁government