Comments on: War On Science Continues: Savannah River Ecology Laboratory on Chopping Block http://austringer.net/wp/index.php/2007/05/02/war-on-science-continues-savannah-river-ecology-laboratory-on-chopping-block/ Wesley R. Elsberry's personal weblog, talking about falconry, science, antievolution, computation, and the broken body he lives in. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:09:34 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: JIM MACKEY http://austringer.net/wp/index.php/2007/05/02/war-on-science-continues-savannah-river-ecology-laboratory-on-chopping-block/comment-page-1/#comment-103790 JIM MACKEY Thu, 31 May 2007 17:31:47 +0000 http://austringer.net/wp/?p=554#comment-103790 I would also like to thank everyone involved, especially the friends of SREL and that fantastic website. I was just on the phone this morning with the secretary of the subcommittee and they want me to send them a detailed synopsis/talking points paper on this whole fiasco to include SREL, DOE-SR, DOE EM, DOE Congressional Affairs Office and UGA. I do believe that extensive pressure has come to bear on both DOE and UGA for both their insensitive complicity in defunding SREL. I have knowledge that the letters that Sec Rispoli sent to the subcommittee chairmen stating that it was 5 million dollars with FY07 to be 1 million is misleading and that is not the truth. The original amounts were different until DOE EM put a halt to the signing of the original Cooperative Agreement between SRS, SREL and UGA. I would also like to thank everyone involved, especially the friends of SREL and that fantastic website. I was just on the phone this morning with the secretary of the subcommittee and they want me to send them a detailed synopsis/talking points paper on this whole fiasco to include SREL, DOE-SR, DOE EM, DOE Congressional Affairs Office and UGA. I do believe that extensive pressure has come to bear on both DOE and UGA for both their insensitive complicity in defunding SREL. I have knowledge that the letters that Sec Rispoli sent to the subcommittee chairmen stating that it was 5 million dollars with FY07 to be 1 million is misleading and that is not the truth. The original amounts were different until DOE EM put a halt to the signing of the original Cooperative Agreement between SRS, SREL and UGA.

]]> By: Laura--a "Friend of SREL" http://austringer.net/wp/index.php/2007/05/02/war-on-science-continues-savannah-river-ecology-laboratory-on-chopping-block/comment-page-1/#comment-101557 Laura--a "Friend of SREL" Sat, 19 May 2007 14:41:56 +0000 http://austringer.net/wp/?p=554#comment-101557 SREL update: The “Friends of SREL” thank everyone who has sent e-mails, written letters, and made phone calls in support of the Lab. Traffic on the www.savesrel.org website is high, and the site is updated daily with new information—please visit often for the latest. This is a critical time in the effort to save SREL. Although a Congressional investigation has been launched into DOE’s actions and press coverage is increasing, the UGA upper administration is still intent on closing the Lab down--an interesting tactic given that they are also poised to launch a new “Eugene P. Odum School of Ecology” on the Athens campus. I fail to see how they can expect the new ecology school to have much prestige if it is built on the ruins of one of Odum’s proudest professional accomplishments—SREL. PLEASE continue all your efforts on SREL’s behalf—you ARE making a difference! Contact with your Congressional delegations will be especially helpful, particularly if they are members of the House Committee on Science and Technology. SREL update:

The “Friends of SREL” thank everyone who has sent e-mails, written letters, and made phone calls in support of the Lab. Traffic on the http://www.savesrel.org website is high, and the site is updated daily with new information—please visit often for the latest. This is a critical time in the effort to save SREL. Although a Congressional investigation has been launched into DOE’s actions and press coverage is increasing, the UGA upper administration is still intent on closing the Lab down–an interesting tactic given that they are also poised to launch a new “Eugene P. Odum School of Ecology” on the Athens campus. I fail to see how they can expect the new ecology school to have much prestige if it is built on the ruins of one of Odum’s proudest professional accomplishments—SREL. PLEASE continue all your efforts on SREL’s behalf—you ARE making a difference! Contact with your Congressional delegations will be especially helpful, particularly if they are members of the House Committee on Science and Technology.

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