Obama chooses global-warming foes for science posts
Saturday, December 20, 2008 - 22:14
in Earth & Climate
His selections as science advisor and NOAA head are two advocates for mandatory limits on greenhouse gas emissions. Environmentalists are heartened, and conservatives dismayed. President-elect Obama has selected two of the nation's most prominent scientific advocates for a vigorous response to climate change to serve in his administration, according to several sources, sending the strongest signal yet that he will reverse Bush administration policies on energy and global warming.