Whether for an acute impact like COVID-19 or a long-term impact like climate change, policy decisions must be based on science
Category: environmental politics
environmental politics
The Little Black Marker
It is no joke when the president suppresses science…in favor of alternative facts
Patriotism in a Globalized World
In a full planet isolationism is not relevant.
Never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
When we lose a species, the bell tolls for us.
Replication in global change ecology
The opposition to global warming theory would melt in the face of an experiment with five Earth’s receiving no treatment and five Earth’s with CO2 added to the atmosphere
Guns and Roses
The Clean Water Act was designed to keep dangerous things out of our environment; a little bit of rational firearms regulation would do likewise.
Inside the EPA
The SAB is no place to serve if you value your time and potential contributions to protecting the environment of our nation
Climate Damages Lawsuits: A trip down memory lane
A lot of the costs of climate change will be borne by society at large, through taxes and insurance premiums.
Breast feeding
Certainly providing a low-risk environment for human health carries some costs.
William Schlesinger
air pollution, environmental health, environmental policy, environmental politics, faculty, toxicology
air pollution, environmental health, environmental policy, environmental politics, faculty, toxicology
Science at the EPA
All actions by the Environmental Protection Agency should be taken on the basis of science—not from religious beliefs, from payoffs, or to satisfy the desires of special interest groups.