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April 21, 2008
It Should Be Read by Everyone
Posted to Author: Pielke Jr., R. | The Honest Broker
These are words that every author likes to see in a book review of their work ;-) In Bioscience this month Robert Lackey, a scientist at EPA, provides a strongly positive review of The Honest Broker. Here are a few of his comments:
The Honest Brokeris a must-read for any scientist with even a modest interest in environmental policy or politics, and I recommend it especially to scientists unfamiliar with the continuing controversy over how scientists misuse science in environmental policy and politics. . . . In summary, The Honest Broker is an important book, and it should be read by everyone.
Get your copy today!
Posted on April 21, 2008 01:53 AMComments
Dr. Lackey has a great deal of real world experience of science and policy dealing with the Pacific Northwest salmon and other controversies. I am not surprised that, as an experienced science policy practioner, he resonated with the discussions in your book.
One of my favorite pieces of Lackey's work is his critique of the "ecological health" concept, and various other efforts that groups of scientists think up to cloak policy decisions as scientific questions. His recent pubs page
http://www.epa.gov/wed/pages/staff/lackey/recntpub.htm
is rife with intriguing and thoughtful work, including some favorites of mine.
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at April 21, 2008 07:09 PM
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