“Wherever there is a battle over evolution now, there is a secondary battle to diminish other hot-button issues like Big Bang and, increasingly, climate change. It is all about casting doubt on the veracity of science – to say it is just one view of the world, just another story, no better or more valid than fundamentalism.”

Lawrence Krauss, of the Origins Initiative at Arizona State University, talks to the NY Times about how those pushing for a ‘teach the controversy’ approach to evolution now have global warming in their sights too.

“You don’t know you’ve acquired a state secret until they lock you up and accuse you and they send the materials in.”

Jerome Cohen, a law professor at New York University, is advising the family of geologist Xue Feng, who is on trial in China. Are ‘state secrets’ just a way to make China more commercially competitive though? asks The Washington Post.

“It is a no-brainer that stimulus funds should only go to projects that create jobs in the United States rather than overseas. These wind projects have a lot of merit, but the manufacturing should be happening here, not in China.”

Senator Charles Schumer calls on President Obama to stop federal stimulus funding for green energy projects going overseas (press release, Washington Post).