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guardian.co.uk - 12/21/2008
Obama appoints climate change expert John Holdren as chief scientist
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Barack Obama ushered in a revolution in America's response to global warming yesterday when he appointed one of the world's leading climate change experts as his administration's chief scientist. The president-elect's decision to make Harvard physicist John Holdren director of the White House ...
Michael Pollan On Vilsack, Agriculture — And Food
npr.org - 12/18/2008
Michael Pollan On Vilsack, Agriculture — And Food
— npr.org — And Food Morning Edition , December 18, 2008 When President-elect Barack Obama nominated former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack as his secretary of agriculture, he praised Vilsack's knowledge of both agriculture and energy. But author Michael Pollan says the ... (more) Michael Pollan On Vilsack, Agriculture — And Food

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Sources: John Holdren to be Nominated as Obama's Science Adviser
blogs.sciencemag.org - 12/18/2008
Sources: John Holdren to be Nominated as Obama's Science Adviser
— blogs.sciencemag.org — John Holdren Credit: AAAS Strong indications are that President-elect Barack Obama has picked physicist John Holdren to be the president's science adviser. A top adviser to the Obama campaign and international expert on energy and climate, Holdren ... (more) Sources: John Holdren to be Nominated as Obama's Science ...

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hks.harvard.edu - 12/18/2008
Harvard Kennedy School - John Holdren
— hks.harvard.edu — Holdren, John P., David Baltimore, James J. McCarthy, et al. "AAAS Board Statement on the Crisis in Earth Observation from Space." American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), April 28, 2007. Holdren, John P., William K. Reilly, John ... (more) Harvard Kennedy School - John Holdren

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4 top science advisers are named by Obama
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