Open AccessEos Interviews John Holdren, President Obama's Science Advisor
Author(s) -
Showstack Randy
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2010eo510002
Subject(s) - administration (probate law) , presidential system , political science , white (mutation) , science policy , face (sociological concept) , public administration , vice president , science education , management , public relations , sociology , politics , law , social science , biochemistry , chemistry , economics , gene
With the Obama administration about to face a Republican‐led House of Representatives in January, presidential science advisor John Holdren sat down with Eos for an exclusive and wide‐ranging interview following a policy speech he delivered on 13 December at the AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco. During the interview, Holdren, who also is director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), focused on the challenging congressional and budgetary environment, the administration's priorities related to the Earth sciences, and the responsibility of scientists in helping to communicate the societal benefits of science, educate the public, and improve science education and literacy. Holdren said the Obama administration's top priorities related to the Earth sciences include improving observations of the Earth, making progress in dealing with climate change, and rebalancing NASA's focus.