Scientists and Public Policy: Lessons from the Climate Change Debate

Observers from various camps call for basing public policy on sound science. Yet, as the understanding of climate science has progressed, the relationship between scientists and government decision-makers has proved both constructive and tortuous. This history provides several lessons on the potential benefits and pitfalls of using scientific assessments to enact laws and regulations.  Thus, […]

Taking the Long View on the Energy Technologies We Need

Keynote Speech at Tulane University’s Future of Energy Forum

Electric Cars and Election Consequences

View Original Article   America’s response to climate change has many moving parts. But how people travel from point A to point B in an environmentally sustainable manner stands atop the challenges of slowing the human alteration of our earth’s atmosphere. Indeed, reducing U.S. greenhouse gas emissions from transportation has moved more sluggishly than other […]