article.nationalreview.com - 1/8/2009
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John Holdren has exhibited an extreme intolerance to dissenting views and a tendency to claim his politics are dictated by science.
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"Reality-Based" Science
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This is what it looks like; now you know why "reality-based" is in sarcasm quotes here. It's shocking that more has not been made of John Holdren's ...
“Reality-Based” Science
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... This is what it looks like; now you know why “reality-based” is in sarcasm quotes here. It’s shocking that more has not been made of John Holdren’s ...
"Restoring Science"?
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... today). President Obama's comment also reinforced the meme that Republicans politicize science, while Democrats respect science. Yet, as I explained here , Obama's selection for his top science advisor, John Holdren, is hardly someone to end politicization of science. ...
Adler: Climate Policy Crash
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C limate change remains at the top of President Obama s agenda, current economic woes notwithstanding. Obama recently inveighed against energy sources that threaten our planet, and several of his early appointmentsincluding Energy Secretary Stephen Chu, science adviser John Holdren , and White House energy czar Carol Brownersignal the importance of climate-change policy to this administration. During the campaign, Obama endorsed an 80-percent reduction in greenhouse-gas emissions by 2050, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she hopes to move climate-change legislation ...
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