http://scienceprogress.org/2008/07/states-confront-climate-challenge-as-bush-administration-continues-denial/ Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:59:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://scienceprogress.org/2008/07/states-confront-climate-challenge-as-bush-administration-continues-denial/comment-page-1/#comment-2321 Nigel Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:22:29 +0000 http://www.scienceprogress.org/2008/07/states-confront-climate-challenge-as-bush-administration-continues-denial/#comment-2321 But maybe in a way this is sort of a good thing. One of the great, nifty things that's always touted by people who love federalism is that it allows the states to be "micro-labs" for new and evolving legislation. They get to try out new, wacky approaches to solving problems on a smaller scale, and then the ideas that really work become popular enough that they get federal government support. So if California really takes the lead and comes out with some ambitious legislation, they can show the rest of the country that (1) environmental regulation doesn't cripple the economy; and (2) can in fact stimulate it. ..yeah? But maybe in a way this is sort of a good thing. One of the great, nifty things that’s always touted by people who love federalism is that it allows the states to be “micro-labs” for new and evolving legislation. They get to try out new, wacky approaches to solving problems on a smaller scale, and then the ideas that really work become popular enough that they get federal government support. So if California really takes the lead and comes out with some ambitious legislation, they can show the rest of the country that (1) environmental regulation doesn’t cripple the economy; and (2) can in fact stimulate it. ..yeah?

]]> http://scienceprogress.org/2008/07/states-confront-climate-challenge-as-bush-administration-continues-denial/comment-page-1/#comment-2317 Steven Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:45:01 +0000 http://www.scienceprogress.org/2008/07/states-confront-climate-challenge-as-bush-administration-continues-denial/#comment-2317 A few years ago (4, google tells me) a bunch of scientist published "Scientific Integrity in Policy Making" which criticized the way the Bush Administration distorted, manipulated, or ignored the scientific reports on which their decisions were supposedly made. Though it was signed by 12,000 scientists, it doesn't seem to have made a difference. The White House probably just didn't open the attachment. A few years ago (4, google tells me) a bunch of scientist published “Scientific Integrity in Policy Making” which criticized the way the Bush Administration distorted, manipulated, or ignored the scientific reports on which their decisions were supposedly made. Though it was signed by 12,000 scientists, it doesn’t seem to have made a difference. The White House probably just didn’t open the attachment.

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