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Dot Earth: A Strong Voice on CO2 as Science Adviser?
Climate Progress: Obama’s strongest message on climate yet: John Holdren to be named Science Adviser
Grist - the Latest from Grist: Obama's strongest message on climate yet
Energy Bulletin -: United States - Dec 19
Ecoearth.info Blog: Energy policy expert to be tapped for US science adviser
A Strong Voice on CO2 as Science Adviser?
Dot Earth —
Science, the journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, is reporting on its blog that John Holdren, the past president of that group and a prominent voice pressing for action to curb greenhouse gases and boost energy research, appears to be President-elect Barack Obama’s choice for science adviser . The blog post is a bit in the category of reading tea leaves, describing how Dr. Holdren missing a meeting at Harvard and had to fly to Chicago instead. But there are many reasons to think the post is correct. (We’re checking.) The Harvard physicist, a ...
Obama’s strongest message on climate yet: John Holdren to be named Science Adviser
Climate Progress —
holdren.jpg Science magazine is reporting today that “Strong indications are that President-elect Barack Obama has picked physicist John Holdren to be the president’s science adviser.” I have known Holdren for over a decade and have discussed energy/climate issues with him many times. He probably has more combined expertise on both climate science and clean energy technology than any other person who could plausibly have been named science adviser . You can see a video of an excellent talk he gave here (along with talks by Chu and me). For a more ...
Obama's strongest message on climate yet
Grist - the Latest from Grist —
By Joseph Romm Science magazine is reporting, "Strong indications are that President-elect Barack Obama has picked physicist John Holdren to be the president's science adviser." I have known Holdren for over a decade and have discussed energy/climate issues with him many times. He probably has more combined expertise on both climate science and clean energy technology than any other person who could plausibly have been named science adviser. You can see a video of an excellent talk he gave here (along with ...
United States - Dec 19
Energy Bulletin - —
... who could plausibly have been named science adviser. ... I would say that if Holdren is named (on Saturday), it is an even stronger signal than the terrific choice of Steven Chu for Energy Secretary that Obama is dead serious about the strongest possible action on global warming. After all, the science adviser works out of the White House and oversees science and technology funding, analysis, and messaging for all federal agencies. (18 December 2008) At ScienceInsider (Science): Sources: John Holdren to be Nominated as Obama's Science Adviser . ...
Energy policy expert to be tapped for US science adviser
Ecoearth.info Blog —
... about whether there are too many physicists on Obama's team Barack Obama's growing all-star science team is poised to pick up another heavy hitter. As first reported in the blog ScienceInsider , the president-elect will nominate ...
Signs of a green new year -- happy 2009!
1Sky —
... Obama picked a strong voice for environmental justice, Harvard Professor John Holdren as White House Science Advisor. Holdren was also head of the ...
Opinions and Anecdotal Evidence
ClimatePolicy —
... , More on Obama science appointees). Along with this new emphasis on science there are people and groups trying to position themselves. This includes those who fight against the government taking action to mitigate and adapt to climate change. ...
