White House official cites ‘education problem’ on climate

By Ben Geman, The Hill President Obama’s top science adviser said there’s a need to “educate” GOP climate change skeptics on Capitol Hill as the White House seeks to advance its green energy agenda.

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“It is an education problem. I think we have to educate them,” said John Holdren, who heads the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, in an interview broadcast Sunday. Obama, in his State of the Union speech last week, called for deriving 80 percent of U.S. power from "clean" sources by 2035, and funding increased R&D of green electricity and fuels by repealing billions of dollars in oil industry tax breaks. More...

Update On John Holdren’s Ice Free Winter

By Stephen Goddard, Wordpress John Holdren holds the highest position of scientific authority in the country. He was hand chosen by President Obama. He also appears to have less scientific competence than most first graders. ...if you lose the summer sea ice, there are phenomena that could lead you not so very long thereafter to lose the winter sea ice as well. And if you lose that sea ice year round, it’s going to mean drastic climatic change all over the hemisphere. - John Holdren, 2009 Temperatures are well below freezing across the Arctic now, and about -20C near Greenland. they will continue to get colder for the next few months. New ice is forming at the rate of one Manhattan every minute and a half, in areas that were previously ice free.

Climate Depot's Round up of Eco-Wacko 'Science' Czar John Holdren claims

By Marc Morano, Climate Depot White House Science Czar John Holdren Says He Would Use 'Free Market' to 'De-Develop the United States' -- Defends Paul Ehrlich's silly claims Flashback: Time for Meds? NASA's Hansen endorses book which calls for 'ridding the world of Industrial Civilization' – Hansen declares author 'has it right...the system is the problem' -- Book proposes 'razing cities to the ground, blowing up dams and switching off the greenhouse gas emissions machine' Flashback: Climate Depot's Accurate Tribute to Paul Ehrlich: 'Mad...Kook...Lunatic...Disgraced...Worse than Hitler...fear-monger...parasite on Academic system...Bernie Madoff of science'

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