This is a guest post by Jamie L. Vernon, Ph.D., a research scientist and policy wonk, who encourages the scientific community to get engaged in the policy-making process
Few things bring me as much pleasure as delivering good news. Today, the science headlines include two stories that fit that bill. Scientific American reports on a Stanford Poll that shows,
“Candidates of either party who take an environmental stance on climate can gain the votes of some citizens while not alienating others.”
According to researchers at Stanford’s Woods Institute for the Environment, in the eyes of the American electorate, “there’s no heavy penalty or reward that will be attached to taking a position one way or another on the issue.” In fact, voters tend to favor political candidates who believe that humans have contributed to global warming and that the nation should move away from fossil fuels by investing in renewable ...
