For the scientist-citizen
The National Research Council produced this report (summary) through the Committee on Science Learning in Informal Environments. A major recommendation in the report specifies that science learning should be interactive. This semester, members of SEA’s National Student Coalition are focusing on K-12 STEM education, and visiting local schools to practice communicating science in a clear and imaginative manner.
Improving the Use of Science in Regulatory Policy
The Bipartisan Policy Center, August 2009
“The use of science in the formulation of regulatory policy – by both the Executive Branch and the Congress – has become a political flashpoint in recent decades. Policy makers often claim that particular regulatory decisions have been driven by, or even required by science; their critics, in turn, have attacked the quality or the interpretation of that science. Such conflict has left the U.S. with a system that is plagued by charges that science is being “politicized” and that regulation lacks a solid scientific basis. As a result, needed regulation may be stymied, dubious regulations may be adopted, issues can drag on without conclusion and policy debate is degraded. Moreover, the morale of scientists is weakened, and public faith in both government and science is undermined.”
Ban Poisonous Additives Act of 2009 (H.R. 1523 & S.593) – sponsored Rep. Edward Market, D-Mass. in the House, and by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. and Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. in the Senate. By Mass Tort Defense.
Princeton Universities 2008 Sustainability Plan – The impacts of human activities since the Industrial Revolution are disrupting our global climate, and scientists counsel us that corrective action must be taken within the decade to prevent serious consequences. Attaining a sustainable global environment requires rigorous reevaluation of our energy policies and practices, transformational leadership, creative technologies, and substantial changes in human behavior.
The 2009 Princeton Sustainability Report – For the first time since the cogeneration plant began operating in 1996, on-campus emissions have decreased.
