Science Advisor Holdren ‘Has This President’s Ear’

A July 4 report in the New York Times traced the role of physicist and White House Science Advisor John Holdren in shaping the Obama Administration’s climate change policies. This is very good news to anyone who’s followed Holdren’s career as an academic and policy-maker. Holdren, who reportedly played a pivotal role in the latest U.S. National Climate Assessment, has devoted much of his four-decade career to energy and climate, and doesn’t hesitate to confront climate denial when the need arises. Holdren “has this president’s ear, perhaps more than any White House science adviser in recent memory,” Fountain writes.