John Holdren

George Will, Doomsday, and a Straw-Man Sighting

Brian Czech | Posted 10.28.2012 | Business

Read More: Limits to Growth, Economic Growth, Bjorn Lomborg, John Holdren, George Will, Doomsday Scenarios, Perpetual Growth, Environmental Protection, Business News

Despite the fact that Will has the combined credibility of Barry Bonds and BP Oil on environmental and sustainability affairs, there are reasons for empathizing with him at times. In fact, one reason plopped in my inbox this morning!

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Green Energy Innovation: Building A National Commitment

James M. Gentile | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Clean energy may well be the next economic revolution, and the United States can be at the forefront, if we take full advantage of our nation's streng...

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New Obama Scientific Integrity Memo Is Late And Vague

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Scientific Integrity, John Holdren, Obama Science, Obama Science Memo, Obama Holdren, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Nearly a year and a half after President Obama promised to issue guidelines to assure scientific integrity in the federal government, th...

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Kickstarting Science and Math Learning

Jack Hidary | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

Read More: Waiting for Superman, John Holdren, Eric Lander, Technology Education, Science and Math, Learning, National Lab Day, Home News

The Presidential Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) recently issued a report which looks at the underlying causes of our current crisis and makes recommendations on how to fix it.

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Despite Obama's Lofty Words, Scientific Integrity Rules Are Lagging

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Last March, President Obama promised he'd have a strategy for restoring scientific integrity to the federal government on hand by July 29. A full year...

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A Strategic Retreat From Leadership

Rep. Mike Coffman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Constellation, Manned-Space-Flight, Space Travel, Bipartisanship, Bipartisan, John Holdren, Politics News

Obama's proposed budget for space exploration describes an approach that is both reckless and naïve. It would completely abandon the manned space flight program known as Constellation.

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Three Reasons for Hope in Copenhagen

Alexia Parks | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Read More: Steven Chu, Carol Browner, Congress, Copenhagen 2009, John Holdren, Tom Vilsack, United Nations, President Obama, Gary Locke, Nobel Peace Prize, Ken Salazar, Lisa Jackson, Nancy Sutley, Unfccc, Pearl Harbor, Green News

The requirement for the U.S. Congress to sign off on any document produced at Copenhagen for it to legally bind us to those agreements, is another reason why I'm hopeful.

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Everything You Need To Know About Czars

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Dave Weigel, Fearmongering, Politico, John Holdren, Media Criticism, Cass Sunstein, Czars, Barack Obama, Eat the Press, Politics News

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.

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Obama's Science Adviser Targeted By Defamation Campaign

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Dean | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Presidential Science Advisor, White House, John Holdren, Michelle Malkin, Politics News

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

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

J. Carl Ganter | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Peter-Gleick, John Holdren, Water, Science, Democracy, Media, Health Care, Mccarthyism, Politics News

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

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

David Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Read More: Gas Prices, States, Progressive Movement, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Cleantech, Todd Stern, Barack Obama, Steven Chu, Carol Browner, John Holdren, Fossil Fuels, Waxman-Markey, Aces, Hillary Clinton, Lisa Jackson, Nancy Sutley, Green News

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.

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Geoengineering: Mankind and Reshaping the World

Doug Struck | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Read More: Environment, Geoengineering, Climate Change, Holdren, Crutzen, John Holdren, Green News

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.

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Obama Global Warming Plan Involves Cooling Air

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

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

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Two Top Obama Science Advisers Blocked By NJ Senator

Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Jane Lubchenco, John Holdren, President Obama, Obama Science Advisers, Menendez, Menendez Science Advisers, Robert Menendez, Obama Science, Politics News

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...

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Climate Change Expert's Nomination Held Up In Unrelated Fight

washingtonpost.com | Juliet Eilperin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Nominations Held Up, John Holdren, Science Nominees Held Up, Obama's First 100 Days, Robert Menendez, Politics News

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...

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Facts Are Stubborn Things: George Will and Climate Change-

Sen. John Kerry | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Read More: Stephen Chu, Washington Post, John Holdren, George Will, John Kerry, Global Warming, Green, Ronald Reagan, George Will Global Warming, China, Green News

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.

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Well, Someone Got It Right -- Way Back Then

Carl Pope | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Read More: Climate Change, Global Warming, Predictions, Foresight, John Holdren, Barack Obama, Green News

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.

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America's Scientific Dream Team

James M. Gentile | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Read More: Harold Varmus, Steven Chu, Obama Cabinet, U.S. Science, Jane Lubchenco, Eric Lander, John Holdren, Climate Change, Science Literacy, Science, Evolution, Technology, Science Education, Barack Obama, Government Science, Oregon, Green News

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

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The Danger of Green Stimulus

Jesse Jenkins | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Read More: Economic Stimulus Package, Green Jobs, Economy, Environment, Renewable Energy, Climate Change, Clean Energy, Barack Obama, Global Warming, Hilda Solis, John Holdren, Carol Browner, Steven Chu, Green Stimulus, Green News

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.

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Obama's Science Team: 4 Top Members Named

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 05.25.2011 | 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...

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Obama's Strongest Message on Climate Yet

Joseph Romm | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Holdren, John Holdren, Barack Obama Cabinet, Science Advisor, Obama Science Advisor, Obama Cabinet, Obama John Holdren, Barack Obama, Obama Holdren, Politics News

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.

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