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Category: environmental policy
When Science Informed Policy
Speaking against the alternative facts of the contrarians has now reduced scientists to the status of a special-interest group.
William Schlesinger
climate, conservation, environmental health, environmental policy, faculty, natural habitat, population growth, sustainability
climate, conservation, environmental health, environmental policy, faculty, natural habitat, population growth, sustainability
Some Thoughts for the New President
Scientists are not merely a special interest group.
Peer Review
Scientists must speak out forcefully when they see the policy process subverted by what they know is untrue, even if it has found its way into print.
William Schlesinger
biogeochemistry, climate, conservation, energy, environmental economics, environmental health, environmental policy, faculty, population growth, sustainability
biogeochemistry, climate, conservation, energy, environmental economics, environmental health, environmental policy, faculty, population growth, sustainability
In quest of the steady-state
Sustainability will not be achieved with rising human population and increasing resource use.
Let’s have less hot air, more clean air.
Globally, air pollution is estimated to cause 3.3 million premature deaths each year.
Off-shore oil drilling
When German U-boats sank oil tankers along the North Carolina coast in World War II, oil persisted on the beaches for decades.
William Schlesinger
air pollution, conservation, environmental health, environmental policy, faculty, pesticides, toxicology
air pollution, conservation, environmental health, environmental policy, faculty, pesticides, toxicology
Success Stories
Seeing Bald Eagles along the coast of Maine this summer makes me think of the good things that have come from environmental science
Too Bad Turkeys Don’t Migrate
Migratory birds are part of the heritage of America—not simply an annoyance, like houseflies, to the pursuit of corporate profits.
The Tragedy of the Atmosphere
If one looks only slightly beneath the surface, the current arguments against climate change are not about the science, but about how the regulation of CO2 emissions to the atmosphere would result in a loss of individual and corporate liberties and about raising the cost of the good life.