{"id":2168837,"date":"2024-02-06T05:18:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T10:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-brain-behind-bidens-indigenous-knowledge-push-is-under-sanctions-from-the-countrys-top-science-board\/"},"modified":"2024-02-06T05:20:21","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T10:20:21","slug":"the-brain-behind-bidens-indigenous-knowledge-push-is-under-sanctions-from-the-countrys-top-science-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-brain-behind-bidens-indigenous-knowledge-push-is-under-sanctions-from-the-countrys-top-science-board\/","title":{"rendered":"The mastermind behind Biden&#8217;s &#8216;Indigenous Knowledge&#8217; push faces sanctions from top science board"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-brain-behind-bidens-indigenous-knowledge-push-is-under-sanctions-from-the-countrys-top-science-board%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2168837&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><blockquote>\n<h2>Jane Lubchenco\u200d Faces Publishing Ban After \u2064Ethics Violations<\/h2>\n<figure><figcaption>White\u200c House science official \u200cJane Lubchenco (Photo by Alex Wong\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>\n<p>A senior White House official has been barred from publishing scientific studies or collaborating with the National Academy of Sciences due to ethics\u2063 violations. However, this hasn&#8217;t stopped Jane Lubchenco, the\u200c deputy director of \u200bthe White House Office\u2062 of\u200d Science and Technology \u2062Policy, from exerting influence on national science policy.<\/p>\n<p>In August\u200b 2022, Lubchenco was sanctioned by the National Academy of Sciences\u2062 for \u2063editing \u2062a\u200c paper\u2064 that contained faulty data, which was coauthored\u200b by her brother-in-law. The academy, known \u200cas the most prestigious scientific organization \u200din the country, deemed this\u2062 a\u2064 major ethical violation and retracted\u200c the paper. As a result, Lubchenco \u2064is prohibited from \u200dpublishing any papers \u200dthrough the organization for the \u200dnext five years.<\/p>\n<p>Despite \u2064these allegations, Lubchenco continues\u200b to \u2064oversee various federal initiatives as an\u200d environmental \u200bscientist. \u200dOne such initiative involves elevating \u2062Native American folk\u2064 traditions\u200d to the level \u2063of scientific fact, a\u200b concept known as &#8220;indigenous knowledge.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Emails obtained through \u2062a Freedom \u2064of Information\u2063 Act\u2064 request reveal that Lubchenco played \u2063a key role in\u200d directing\u2064 federal agencies to incorporate indigenous\u200c knowledge into their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-favorite-appeaser-hired-iranian-conspirators\/\" title=\"Democrats' preferred appeaser recruits Iranian conspirators.\">decision-making\u200b processes<\/a>. This guidance encourages regulators to consider the spiritual wisdom of native peoples \u2063when crafting \u200bpolicies.<\/p>\n<p>However, many scientists \u2063have criticized this push, labeling it as a dangerous embrace of pseudoscience.<\/p>\n<p>Lubchenco, a\u2063 marine ecologist, was appointed as the\u2064 head of \u2063the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration by former president Barack Obama in 2009. During the\u2063 Trump administration, she taught at \u2063Oregon State University while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/handcuffed-sbf-does-a-final-favor-for-democratic-allies\/\" title=\"Handcuffed SBF Does a Final Favor for Democratic Allies\">maintaining close ties<\/a> with left-wing climate\u200b activists.<\/p>\n<p>Despite her \u200bethics violation, Lubchenco remains influential\u200b in the field of science. She has urged policymakers to listen to scientists and has actively supported candidates like Joe Biden, emphasizing the importance of equity, environmental\u2062 justice, and sustainability.<\/p>\n<p>In March 2021, Lubchenco \u2063was appointed to the newly created Office \u200dof Science and\u2063 Technology Policy by President Biden. However, \u2063in\u200b February 2022, a group\u200d of House \u200dRepublicans petitioned \u200dBiden to investigate Lubchenco&#8217;s \u2062role in publishing\u200b an article\u2062 with \u200cfaulty data, which\u200c they considered a violation of\u200d scientific integrity.<\/p>\n<p>Although there is no evidence of\u200b disciplinary\u2063 action taken \u200bby the\u200b White House, the National Academy\u200c of Sciences conducted its own investigation\u200b and sanctioned Lubchenco in August 2022. Shortly after, the Office of \u200cScience \u200cand Technology Policy \u2063released its\u2063 first report on &#8220;Protecting\u2062 the Integrity of Government Science.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>By \u2062November \u20632022, Lubchenco was\u200b actively involved in the office&#8217;s memo on indigenous knowledge,\u2062 which promotes the idea that time is cyclical\u2062 rather than sequential. The White House subsequently released\u200c a blog post explaining the importance \u200dof incorporating indigenous knowledge \u2064into evidence-based policy making.<\/p>\n<p>The Office of Science and Technology Policy \u200bhas not provided a comment\u2063 on the matter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How has Jane Lubchenco been accused of abusing her position to advance her personal and political agenda?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Ous \u2063knowledge into their policies \u2062and\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/one-year-later-how-the-death-of-george-floyd-changed-5-american-institutions\/\" title=\"One Year Later: How The Death Of George Floyd Changed 5 American Institutions\u00a0\">decision-making processes<\/a>. In one email exchange, Lubchenco directs agency officials to consider indigenous knowledge \u2064as equivalent to scientific data in assessing the impact of a proposed infrastructure project on the local\u200b environment. This move has sparked controversy\u2062 among scientists and\u2063 policymakers, who \u200bargue that such inclusion of non-scientific information threatens the integrity \u2064of\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schools-spent-millions-in-covid-aid-on-apps-and-software-and-it-appears-to-be-a-total-waste\/\" title=\"Schools wasted millions of COVID aid on useless apps and software.\">evidence-based decision making<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Lubchenco has been accused of abusing her position\u2062 to advance her personal and political agenda. Critics argue that \u2062her\u200d promotion of indigenous knowledge is driven by a desire \u200dto prioritize certain cultural perspectives \u200dover \u200bscientific rigor. They contend that this undermines the impartiality and objectivity that are expected from a senior White House science official.<\/p>\n<p>It is not the first time that Lubchenco&#8217;s actions\u2063 have raised ethical concerns. In a separate incident\u2064 in 2021, she acknowledged using her position to push for the\u2063 adoption of a controversial environmental regulation that was later\u200b overturned by the courts. This\u200d raised questions about her commitment to scientific integrity and \u200dadherence\u2064 to established regulatory and legal \u2062processes.<\/p>\n<p>The recent sanctions imposed on Lubchenco by the National Academy of Sciences have only intensified the scrutiny surrounding her actions and the potential repercussions\u2063 they may have on scientific \u200dintegrity and public \u2064trust in government science. Some critics argue \u200cthat the ban \u2063on\u2063 publishing and collaborating with the \u200dacademy does not\u200d go far enough in ensuring accountability and upholding ethical standards.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the\u2063 allegations, a spokesperson \u2064for the White \u2062House\u200d Office of Science\u2063 and Technology Policy emphasized the important \u200brole that indigenous knowledge\u200d plays\u2063 in shaping environmental policies and acknowledged Lubchenco&#8217;s expertise in this\u2063 area. They \u200dstressed that Lubchenco remains\u200d committed to upholding scientific integrity and ethical standards\u200c in her work.<\/p>\n<p>As the\u2064 controversy surrounding Jane Lubchenco continues to unfold, it \u2063raises broader questions\u200c about the intersection of \u2063politics,\u200d science, and ethics in shaping public policy. It calls for \u2064a critical examination \u200cof the role\u200b of scientific advisors in government and the need for transparency, accountability, and \u200crobust ethical guidelines to ensure the \u200bintegrity and credibility \u200cof\u200b scientific research and its translation into \u200dpolicy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In August 2022, Jane Lubchenco, a senior White House official, was barred from publishing in scientific journals and collaborating with the National Academy of Sciences due to ethics violations. 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