Science can improve environmental policy despite politics, speaker says
(World News Science)

The executive director of a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit said Friday that it`s not too late for more scientifically based environmental policy to be implemented, despite a polarized political climate. Speaking at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology campus, Michelle Wyman of the National Council for Science reminded students that landmark policies such as the Clean Air Act and the Montreal Protocol were signed by Republican presidents. `Right now partisanship seems about as bad as most of you have...