NOAA and Politics?

So apparently NOAA is now entered the political realm. NOAA has released a document called "Scenarios for 2035" in which they outline some possible reactions from the political sphere on climate change.

Here is the article about the document

http://www.slate.com/id/2251547

Here is the document itself

http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:-4nzpQieii0J:www.ppi.noaa.gov/PPI_Capabilities/Documents/Scenarios-5-28-09.pdf+noaa+scenarios+2035&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESiJuO00OiwnWHpWtS2lOKijDNY10fp7VNfrQE3gH9KkXWAzRy4rIVsskl9PSvs_e7ad6LMfVa5_uNXTvTwKjd46yw8oMdlPDR2gIEIGB4wjxyGzY3fTu_zgnUNPQCeRgwMwD1c0&sig=AHIEtbSBg-SdUvHV3GmPpTquuaZKJulQ0Q

-Blaise