John Holdren

Jason Linkins

Everything You Need To Know About Czars

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics


Driving today's fearful discussion about czars this morning is a Politico article that 's a fine example of what it does best: provide a distillation of political scuttlebutt and press releases into a story.

Rage Against Science and Reason: Fear Continues as a Tool of Distraction

J. Carl Ganter | Posted 09.08.2009 | Politics


J. Carl Ganter

Dr. Peter Gleick rolls up his sleeves in his latest post about science, fact and rationality.

Laura Dean

Obama's Science Adviser Targeted By Defamation Campaign

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Dean | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics


Conservative media outlets are waging an online defamation campaign against Presidential Science Advisor Jon Holdren, using out-of-context quotes and ...

Why I'm Not Freaked Out About the Waxman-Markey Bill

David Roberts | Posted 07.25.2009 | Green


David Roberts

There is no reason to think that this bill is going to be Obama's only legacy on energy. Already there's been the stimulus bill, the new mileage standards and the big climate impacts report.

Geoengineering: Mankind and Reshaping the World

Doug Struck | Posted 05.14.2009 | Green


Doug Struck

If he were a bear, John Holdren would be reaching into a bee's nest. The president's science advisor seems undeterred about stirring up an angry environmental buzz.

Obama Global Warming Plan Involves Cooling Air

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 05.09.2009 | Green


WASHINGTON — Tinkering with Earth's climate to chill runaway global warming _ a radical idea once dismissed out of hand _ is being discussed by ...

Two Top Obama Science Advisers Blocked By NJ Senator

Washington Post | Posted 04.03.2009 | Politics


The nominations of two of President Obama's top science advisers have stalled in the Senate, according to several sources, posing a challenge to the a...

Climate Change Expert's Nomination Held Up In Unrelated Fight

washingtonpost.com | Juliet Eilperin | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics


The nominations of two of President Obama's top science advisers have stalled in the Senate, according to several sources, posing a challenge to the a...

Facts Are Stubborn Things: George Will and Climate Change-

John Kerry | Posted 03.30.2009 | Green


John Kerry

This has to stop. A highly organized, well-funded movement to deny the reality of global climate change has been up and running for a long time, but it doesn't change the verdict: the problem is real, it's accelerating, and we have to act.

Well, Someone Got It Right -- Way Back Then

Carl Pope | Posted 02.22.2009 | Green


Carl Pope

President Obama's newly appointed science adviser, John Holdren, is an old friend of mine, and he had the foresight to predict many of today's dangers.

America's Scientific Dream Team

James M. Gentile | Posted 02.07.2009 | Green


James M. Gentile

It was just over a year ago that at one presidential debate three candidates identified themselves as not believing in the theory of evolution.

The Danger of Green Stimulus

Jesse Jenkins | Posted 02.05.2009 | Green


Jesse Jenkins

With green jobs now positioned as "the solution" to both the economy and the climate, Obama has cover to take the politically expedient route of short-term green stimulus while ignoring serious climate policy.

Obama's Science Team: 4 Top Members Named

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 01.20.2009 | Politics


SCROLL DOWN TO WATCH OBAMA'S ANNOUNCEMENT President-elect Barack Obama's selection Saturday of a Harvard physicist and a marine biologist for science...

Obama's Strongest Message on Climate Yet

Joseph Romm | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics


Joseph Romm

If John Holdren is named as Obama's science advisor, it is an even stronger signal than the choice of Steven Chu for Energy Secretary that he is dead serious about taking action on global warming.