Global Warming?

Here is an interesting post from dailykos about global warming, a topic that will definitely get time on this blog. They cite an article from the New Republic that says NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) officials may have led a "misinformation campaign" to imply that there were no connections between hurricane intensities and global warming. Scientists holding this minority viewpoint were allowed to address the public, whereas scientists with opposing opinions were not. This led to many articles and newscasts following Katrina purporting that global warming had no consequence in the increased intensity of hurricanes.