That's what my friend Eli Kintisch is reporting over at Science's new blog, Science Insider.
It's also something I suggested in a column for Seed last year, where I wrote, "In science policy circles, one also sometimes hears mention of Harvard's John Holdren, former American Association for the Advancement of Science president and an energy and climate expert, as a top science adviser candidate."
If Eli's report is true, this is an awesome choice--and Holdren is yet another ScienceDebate2008 supporter! Here's his video:
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A propos of the ScienceDebate2008 project, my latest Seed column has just gone online. It's about how we must reinvent the role of the presidential science adviser for the modern media and political era. An excerpt:
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