http://tierneylab.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/19/flawed-science-advice-for-obama/
On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 11:12 AM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: > WASHINGTON President-elect Barack Obama's selection Saturday of a > Harvard physicist and a marine biologist for science posts is a sign > he plans a more aggressive response to global warming than did the > Bush administration. > > The president-elect said promoting science means more than just > providing money, but also is about ensuring that facts and evidence > are never twisted or obscured by politics or ideology. > > The four scientists will confront challenges in global warming after > years of inaction by the Bush administration, which opposed mandatory > cuts of greenhouse gas pollution. > > Since 1993, summer Arctic sea ice has lost the equivalent of Alaska, > California and Texas, and global warming is accelerating. The amount > of carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere has already pushed past the > level some scientists say is safe. > > http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081220/ap_on_el_pr/obama_174 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:283171 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
