WHO: The National Science Foundation
WHAT: The University of Montana has been awarded $382,000 in grant money by the NSF to study the ethics of engineering projects intended to alter the Earth’s climate to offset climate change.
WHY IT’S AN OUTRAGE: That $382,000 in taxpayer money would best be spent on actual engineering projects in the private sector intended to alter the country’s unemployment rate to offset the recession.
WHERE TO VENT: Contact the National Science Foundation at 703-292-5111.