Island Packet: Shelving a report on climate change and its potential impact on South Carolina's natural resources makes no scientific or political sense for an agency whose purpose is to watch over those resources.
In explaining why the report by a team of scientists wasn't released for more than a year after it was completed, John Evans, the chairman of the state Department of Natural Resources board, said the report was "for information only" and didn't require action.
But that's exactly what the report's...