National Academy of Sciences

Porkins Policy Radio episode 128 Tom Secker on SEEX and A Tribute to Robert Parry

Good friend Tom Secker joins me today in the first hour for an in-depth discussion of the Science and Entertainment Exchange (SEEX). Tom explains what this little know pseudo-govenment NGO is, and how they have been quietly assisting over 1,300 Hollywood films. We talk about their connection to the National Academy of Sciences and their connection to the state. Tom then discusses their stated aim: to assist Hollywood in depicting accurate science, and the promotion of science and scientists. Tom and I then explore how this is not quite an accurate assessment of their work.

Will Trump’s Climate Team Accept The ‘Social Cost of Carbon’?

Boaters pass through a channel as the sun set behind wind mills and an oil refinery, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, in Corpus Christi, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
(ANALYSIS) — President-elect Donald Trump and members of his proposed cabinet and transition team have taken aim at many of President Obama’s climate and clean-energy policies, programs and legacies 2014 from the Paris Agreement to the Clean Power Plan.