PEER 12/28/06:
"HOW OLD IS THE GRAND CANYON? PARK SERVICE WON'T SAY"
" Grand Canyon National Park is not permitted to give an official estimate
of the geologic age of its principal feature, due to pressure from Bush
administration appointees. Despite promising a prompt review of its approval
for a book claiming the Grand Canyon was created by Noah's flood rather than
by geologic forces, more than three years later no review has ever been done
and the book remains on sale at the park, according to documents released
today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER).
'In order to avoid offending religious fundamentalists, our National Park
Service is under orders to suspend its belief in geology,' stated PEER
Executive Director Jeff Ruch. 'It is disconcerting that the official
position of a national park as to the geologic age of the Grand Canyon is
"no comment."'
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http://www.peer.org/news/news_id.php?row_id=801
How old is the Grand Canyon? Park Service won't say
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