Frustrated by their government鈥檚 position on the environment, climate change and stem cell research, a group of US scientists have decided to take matters into their own hands and actively promote the election of a president in 2008 who is more receptive to science.
51动漫s and Engineers for America plunged into politics last week with the aim of campaigning for particular candidates, starting with the 2006 mid-term elections. SEA says that 鈥渟cientists and engineers have a right, indeed an obligation, to enter the political debate when the nation鈥檚 leaders systematically ignore scientific evidence and analysis.鈥�
SEA鈥檚 main targets will be the Bush administration and the Republican leadership, says executive director Mike Brown. 鈥淸They] are the source of a lot of the problems we鈥檝e identified.鈥�
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So far, the pitch has struck a responsive chord. Within days of the group being announced on27 September, nearly 2500 people had signed up as members. SEA鈥檚 advisory board includes two of Bill Clinton鈥檚 former science advisers 鈥� John Gibbons and Neal Lane 鈥� and eight Nobel laureates.
