onthehillblog.blogspot.com - 12/19/2008
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It's true that Holdren used his position last year as president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science as a platform to prod Bush to do more to limit the carbon dioxide put into the atmosphere. But it also paints Holdren into a corner -- his influence can be much more.
Holdren on climate: 'The sky is falling'
politico.com 12/23/2008 — As has been widely noted, the new White House science adviser, John Holdren, is a leading figure in calling for action to combat climate change. As a scientist who knows him explained to me over the weekend, among scientists who worry about climate ...
Obama's Science Advisor
corner.nationalreview.com 12/19/2008 — It looks like president-elect Obama will name John P. Holdren as his science advisor. Holdren is a professor of environmental policy at Harvard and former president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. As Ron Bailey points out, ...
John Holdren to be Obama's Science Advisor
reason.com 12/19/2008 — Eli Kintisch is reporting at the ScienceInsider blog that John Holdren , who is a Professor of Environmental Policy and Director of Program in Science, Technology, and Public Policy at Havard's John F. Kennedy School of Government will be tapped as ...
Obama names Holdren, Lubchenco to science posts
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news.yahoo.com 12/20/2008 — AP - President-elect Barack Obama on Saturday named a Harvard physicist and a marine biologist to science posts, signaling a change from Bush administration policies on global warming that were criticized for putting politics over science.
Questions for Obama's science guy
boston.com 1/18/2009 — The position of science adviser requires Senate confirmation. John Holdren's nomination is likely to sail through, but conscientious senators might wish to ask him some questions.
Questions for Obama's science guy
jeffjacoby.com 1/19/2009 — IN NOMINATING John Holdren to be director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy -- the position known informally as White House science adviser -- President-elect Barack Obama has enlisted an undisputed Big Name among academic...
Capitol Idea: Republicans' Blagojevich Attacks Are Good For Obama
onthehillblog.blogspot.com 12/16/2008 — They say armies always fight the last war, and that certainly seems to be what the Republican National Committee is doing by launching sustained partisan attacks against President-elect Barack Obama over his ties to the ethically challenged governor of his home state of Illinois.
Mind change on climate change?
neoneocon.com 12/16/2008 — This is interesting.
And here’s something related . It’s from a year ago, when a number of previously convinced scientists were having doubts about the proof that global warming is generated by human activity. That number seems to have ...
Harvard Kennedy School - John Holdren
hks.harvard.edu 12/19/2008 — Holdren, John P., David Baltimore, James J. McCarthy, et al. "AAAS Board Statement on the Crisis in Earth Observation from Space." American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), April 28, 2007. Holdren, John P., William K. Reilly, John ...
Obama statement on Bush bailout —
First Read 12/19/2008
From NBC's Mark Murray and Domenico MontanaroObama's transition office released the following statement from the president-elect: "Today's actions are a necessary step to help avoid a collapse in our auto industry that would have devastating ...
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