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1. Credibility and relevance in environmental policy: measuring strategies and performance among science assessment organizations

Author

Keller, Ann C.

Subjects
Environmental policy -- Planning, Environmental policy -- Research, Environmental policy -- Political aspects, Scientific societies -- Management, Scientific societies -- Political aspects, Research institutes -- Management, Research institutes -- Political aspects, Company business planning, Company business management, Government, Political science, National Academy of Sciences. National Research Council -- Management, National Academy of Sciences. National Research Council -- Political aspects, National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program -- Management, National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program -- Political aspects, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change -- Political aspects, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change -- Management
Abstract

INTRODUCTION Emerging in tandem with environmentalism in advanced industrialized countries in the 1960s was a novel political form--the science assessment, a document written to provide decision makers and the public [...]

Published
2010

2. Will Climate Go Over The Edge?

Author

Guterl, Fred

Subjects
Air quality management -- Methods -- Forecasts and trends -- Political aspects, Climatic changes -- Forecasts and trends -- Political aspects -- Methods, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change -- Political aspects
Abstract

Byline: Fred Guterl Even a miracle of diplomacy wouldn't put global warming back in its box. There is something compelling, in a ghoulish sort of way, about the notion that [...]

Published
2009

3. Dirty climate: the Clinton Administration is determined to save the environment whether it needs saving or not

Author

Singer, S. Fred

Subjects
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change -- Political aspects, United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, 1992 -- Political aspects -- International aspects, Energy conservation -- International aspects -- Political aspects, Science and state -- Political aspects, Global warming -- Political aspects, Environmental policy -- International aspects -- Political aspects, Political science, International aspects, Political aspects
Abstract

WHEN the 1992 UN Climate Treaty was signed in Rio de Janeiro, the U.S. Government refused to endorse a policy of mandating activities that would lead to reduced emissions of [...]

Published
1996

4. Al Gore and the IPCC

Subjects
Environmentalists -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Climatic changes -- Political aspects, Climatology -- Political aspects, Business, Petroleum, energy and mining industries, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change -- Political aspects
Abstract

Former US Vice President and environmental activist Al Gore dismisses the collapse of scientific arguments for the abandonment of energy from fossil fuels. He proclaims that the scientific consensus on global warming remains unchanged despite the Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change's tendency to err on the side of climate alarm.

Published
2010

5. Global warming is target of disinformation campaign

Author

Hileman, Bette

Subjects
Global warming -- Political aspects, Chemicals, plastics and rubber industries, Engineering and manufacturing industries, Global Climate Coalition -- Public relations, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change -- Political aspects
Abstract

Rockefeller University Pres. Frederick R. Seitz, University of Virginia climatologist Patrick Michaels and the Global Climate Coalition (GCC) have mounted a disinformation campaign to discredit the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) work. Although their campaign is baseless, it has led Rep. Dana Rohrabacher to write Energy Sec. Hazel O'Leary about the Energy Dept.'s financial support of Benjamin D. Santer's role in the IPCC. The GCC is an alliance of coal, utility, oil, automobile and chemical firms whereas Michaels research is funded by coal companies.

Published
1996

6. Scientists debate state of climate knowledge

Subjects
Climatic changes -- Testimony, Atmospheric carbon dioxide -- Research, Global warming -- Testimony, Business, Petroleum, energy and mining industries, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change -- Political aspects
Abstract

Lawmakers and researchers last week were unable to conclude whether current global climate change science is an adequate basis for imposing greenhouse gas emission controls on industry. Central to the [...]

Published
1994

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