Late last year, an online movement called
Science Debate 2008 was started to try and get all the presidential candidates to have a debate focused on science. I threw
my tiny support behind it.
The debate never happened but the organizers did get a list of 14 questions together and the Obama team has been the first
to answer them.
On the climate and earth science front, the highlights are:
80% reduction in CO2 emissions below 1990 levels by 2050cap-and-trade with all credits auctionedrestoring U.S. leadership in tackling climate disruptionDouble basic science research budgets in 10 yearsIncrease reasearch and observations on the oceansratify the Law of the Sea ConventionA lot of this we already knew from his
energy plan. Overall, I'm happy with the effort to get the candidates to focus on science and Obama's answers. We're still waiting for McCain's.
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