------ Forwarded Message From: "Holdren, John P." <john_p._hold...@ostp.eop.gov> Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 07:23:55 -0400
Subject: AP story on geo-engineering and the White House Colleagues -- The stance of the White House on geoengineering was garbled in the AP story about an interview with me that went out earlier this week. In the course of a wide-ranging half-hour interview on my new job, high-tech innovation for economic growth, energy, national security, and climate change, I got asked about whether we need to think about geo-engineering as a response to the climate problem and I spent a few minutes on it. I said that the approaches that have been surfaced so far seem problematic in terms of both efficacy and side effects, but we have to look at the possibilities and understand them -- including their shortcomings -- because if other approaches to mitigation fall short the geo-engineering approach will end up being considered. I also made clear that this was my personal view, not Administration policy. I was asked to describe some examples of geo-engineering approaches and mentioned orbiting reflecting particles and sulfates injected into the stratosphere, explaining their shortcomings and making clear that I was not endorsing them. Asked whether I had mentioned geo-engineering in any White House discussions, though, I said that I had. This is of course NOT the same thing as saying the White House is giving serious consideration to geo-engineering which it isn¹t at this point -- and I am dismayed that the headline and the text of the article suggest otherwise, as well as dismayed that the entire AP story focused on this minor point in the interview. Cheers anyway, John JOHN P. HOLDREN Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy Executive Office of the President of the United States jhold...@ostp.eop.gov, 202-456-7116 Executive Assistant Pat McLaughlin pmclaugh...@ostp.eop.gov, 202-456-6045 ------ End of Forwarded Message --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To post to this group, send email to geoengineering@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to geoengineering+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
