Obama's new science team: will we see a change of climate?
source: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98564233&ft=1&f=1025
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Barack Obama underscored on Saturday his intent to push initiatives on climate change by naming John Holdren, an energy and climate specialist, as the new White House science adviser.
Holdren is a Harvard University physicist who has focused on the causes and consequences of climate change and advocated policies aimed at sustainable development.
Obama also recently announced Nobel Prize winning physicist Steven Chu as his choice for energy secretary. Both of these men stress the importance of cutting greenhouse-gas emissions soon.
It's certainly a change from the Bush administration's attitude toward science and climate change. What is still uncertain though is how quickly Obama will push for legislation to limit greenhouse-gas emissions.
As well as this NPR story, there's more info here from Yahoo Green / Reuters: http://green.yahoo.com/news/nm/20081220/ts_nm/us_usa_obama.html
And The Independent have a good piece 'Obama cranks up the green revolution' at:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/obama-cranks-up-the-green-revol...
Holdren is a Harvard University physicist who has focused on the causes and consequences of climate change and advocated policies aimed at sustainable development.
Obama also recently announced Nobel Prize winning physicist Steven Chu as his choice for energy secretary. Both of these men stress the importance of cutting greenhouse-gas emissions soon.
It's certainly a change from the Bush administration's attitude toward science and climate change. What is still uncertain though is how quickly Obama will push for legislation to limit greenhouse-gas emissions.
As well as this NPR story, there's more info here from Yahoo Green / Reuters: http://green.yahoo.com/news/nm/20081220/ts_nm/us_usa_obama.html
And The Independent have a good piece 'Obama cranks up the green revolution' at:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/obama-cranks-up-the-green-revol...
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molinaaa
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I think it is interesting but nobody is seeing the change were is the change? we see no change anywhere or anything. Things remaining the same let the change begin already we want good things in our lives .
- 2 years ago
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molinaaa
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jayne_d0
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Oh, I just can't wait for the *carbon tax.* Give me a break. People are being brainwashed.
- 3 years ago
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jayne_d0
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curiositykills68
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i just hope that once obama is in he'll start working on all this right away. We've waited for so long and i don't know if i can wait any longer
- 3 years ago
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curiositykills68
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DistantPlanet
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These sound like good choices. Hopefully they have some good ideas!
- 3 years ago
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DistantPlanet
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rickm8
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THANK GOD AL GORE ISN'T ON IT. maybe he should invite john christy though or roy spencer
- 3 years ago
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rickm8
