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Briefing #11, 3 January 2008

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Center Highlights

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Lisa Dilling's book, Creating a Climate for Change: Communicating Climate Change and Facilitating Social Change, is now available in paperback!
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Roger Pielke, Jr. was interviewed in November 2007 edition of Geotimes on his book: The Honest Broker: Making Sense of Science in Policy and Politics.
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Roger Pielke, Jr. appeared on NPR's Science Friday to discuss his recent article in Nature about the presidential science adviser and the past 50 years of presidential science advice.

Prometheus is the Center’s weblog. Recent posts:

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Carbon in North America by L. Dilling
Lieberman-Warner by B. Hale
End-of-2007 Hurricane-Global Warming Update by R.A. Pielke, Jr.
China's Growing Emissions by R.A. Pielke, Jr.
On the Political Relevance of Scientific Consensus by R.A. Pielke, Jr.
Energy? Climate change? Linked? Huh? by K. Vranes
Historic Declaration by Climate Scientists by T. Yulsman

Sample of Recent Publications:
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Understanding the role of technology and technology assessment in globalization:
Pielke, Jr., R. A., 2007. Technology Assessment and Globalization. Bridges, Vol. 16, December.
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What actions on climate change make sense in the short term?:
Pielke, Jr., R. A. 2007. The Case for a Sustainable Climate Policy: Why Costs and Benefits Must Be Temporally Balanced, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Vol. 155, June, pp. 1843-1857.
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What will it take to improve the usefulness of carbon science in North America?:
Dilling, L., Mitchell, R., Fairman, D., Lahsen, M., Moser, S., Patt, A., Potter, C., Rice, C., VanDeveer, S., 2007. How can we improve the Usefulness of Carbon Science for Decision Making? Chapter 5 in: The First State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR): The North American Carbon Budget and Implications for the Global Carbon Cycle., US Climate Change Science Program.