Scientists, Policymakers, and a Climate of Uncertainty

January 2012 BioScience Feature

Author Fred Powledge

Despite the importance of climate change, and the mountains of scientific research about it, real progress by those with the means to address the topic has been slow in coming. There are scant signs of leadership from federal officials, and there is active opposition to any climate action among some national legislators. So the search for leadership has turned elsewhere—to local, state, and regional governments and private organizations.

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