Briefing #8, 1 June 2007
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About the Center

Center Highlights

• Roger Pielke, Jr. testified before the House Committee on Science and Technology on Wednesday, May 16 2007 on "The State of Climate Change Science 2007, Pt. III" at 10:00 am-12:00 pm, in Room 2318 of Rayburn House Office Building. Click here to read Roger's testimony.

• Roger Pielke, Jr.'s new book, The Honest Broker: Making Sense of Science in Policy and Politics, was highlighted in a 21 May 2007 Weather Channel article: New Book Calls for a Shift in How Scientists Engage in Policy by Andrew Freedman.

Prometheus is the Center’s weblog. Recent posts:

• The Importance of the Development Pathway in the Climate Debate

• The Swindle Letter | Bob Ward Responds

• The Battle for U.S. Public Opinion on Climate Change is Over

• Media Reporting of Climate Change: Too Balanced or Biased?

Sample of Recent Publications:

• How can science best contribute to policy-making and a healthy democracy?
  Pielke, Jr., R. A., 2007. The Honest Broker: Making Sense of Science in Policy and Politics. Cambridge University Press.
  

• Becoming engaged in a new dialogue on global warming:
  Dilling, L., 2007. A call to global action, Chemistry & Industry, 9 April.
  

• Book review of Useless Arithmetic: Why Environmental Scientists Can’t Predict the Future:
  Pielke, Jr., R. A., 2007. When the numbers don’t add up. Book review of Useless Arithmetic: Why Environmental Scientists Can’t Predict the Future by Orrin Pilkey & Linda Pilkey-Jarvis, Nature, Vol 447, pp. 35-36, May 3.