climateprogress.org - 12/20/2008
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In a landmark radio address today, President-elect Barack Obama announced his powerful science team and the end to Bush’s war on science, saying:
Today, more than ever before, science holds the key to our survival as a planet and our security and prosperity as a nation. It’s time ...
npr.org - 12/18/2008
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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 ...
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Michael Pollan On Vilsack, Agriculture — And Food
blogs.sciencemag.org - 12/18/2008
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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 ...
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Sources: John Holdren to be Nominated as Obama's Science ...
change.gov - 12/20/2008
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change.gov —
In the latest weekly address, President-elect Barack Obama
took a bold stand for making decisions based on...
science and facts rather than ideology as he introduced leading members of his science and technology team. “The truth is that ...
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“The search for knowledge, truth and a greater ...
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President-Elect Obama: “It’s time we once again put science at the top of our agenda”
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"It’s about listening to what our scientists have to say, even when it’s inconvenient — especially when it’s inconvenient . Because the highest purpose of science is the search for knowledge, truth and a greater understanding of the world around us. That will be my goal as President of the United States — and I could not have a better team to guide me in this work." More at Climate Progress ...
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