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Do you feel that scientists should be cut out of the policy making process, particularly on environmental issues, when their research is proven and widely accepted and is being ignored and disputed?
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Each week throughout this course you will explore both sides of an environmental controversy.
This week you look at the issue of science and politics. Review the background information.
Then, using the References along with resources from your own research, write a 1-2 page
response to the questions that follow. Remember to cite your sources using proper APA format.
Background Information
Today there are many complaints over the politicization of science. Many people believe politics
should not play a role in science, but once government funds science, the funding decisions
become political. In most social institutions, disagreements are settled by debate. Science in
contrast, uses experiments to prove or disprove theories. Science is testable, and is self-proving.
If a better explanation for a phenomenon is found, it will replace other explanations. This is why
careful distinctions must be made between Frontier Science, Consensus Science, and Junk
Science.
Many difficult controversies surround the environmental problems we face in the world today.
Problems include: Air and water pollution, global warming, species and ecosystem biodiversity,
energy, hazardous waste, population, and food supply issues. Politics control the financing of
scientific research and development to help solve these issues. In politics passion wins over
logic.
Science is not politics and cannot be debated in the same way politics are. Mixing politics with
science produces bad science. Government efforts to fund research interfere with the
maintenance of high scientific standards. The current Congress consists of 535 members. Of
these members, 7 (1.3%), are scientists, and 21 others are healthcare professionals.
References
Use these references along with resources from your own research to help answer the questions
that follow.
Lamb, G. M. (2005). Science and politics: a dangerous mix. Christian Science Monitor, 97(213),
11. Retrieved from MasterFILE Premier database.
Link to article
Pielke Jr., R. A. (2006). When Scientists Politicize Science. Regulation, 29(1), 28–34.
Retrieved from EBSCO MegaFILE database.
Link to article
Questions
Do you feel that scientists should be cut out of the policy making process, particularly on
environmental issues, when their research is proven and widely accepted and is being ignored
and disputed? Politicians ultimately make the decisions, but shouldn't the scientists have a voice?
Do you feel that lobbyists and special interest groups exert too great of an influence and act as an
impediment to finding solutions to, and providing the funding for, research for the environmental
problems we face?
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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND P0LITICS ESSAY
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLITICS
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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLITICS
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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLITICS
This paper is an essay response to a classic example of a conflict, controversy or mix-up
between science and politics. It will discuss the sidelining of scientists during policy-making,
specifically on the matter of the environment even though their research conclusions are well
proven and accepted. Surprisingly, scientists' propositions on environmental issues have been
ignored and disputed. Politicians are primed to make a fundamental decision, but a scientist
should have a well-pronounced voice on this issue too. Furthermore, this article will explore the
role of lobbyists and special inter...
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