Scientific American: In Barack Obama`s State of the Union address, he intoned: " For the sake of our children and our future, we must do more to combat climate change. If Congress won`t act soon to protect future generations, I will." Now the president`s science advisors, a group known as PCAST for President`s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, have offered some suggestions for what he can and should do about climate change--on his own.
First and foremost, the 19 advisors note that it`s past time for...