John Holdren
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"John Paul Holdren" is the senior advisor to President Barack Obama on science and technology issues through his roles as Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and Co-Chair of the United States President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology/President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST)

Holdren was previously the Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, director of the Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program at the School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, and Director of the Woods Hole Research Center.

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In terms of radioactive waste, that's still a mess with all the eggs in the Yucca Mountain basket.

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The increase he proposes is not nearly enough. It should be two to three times as much. It is not remotely in the ballpark given the size of the challenges we face.

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