Environmental policy reform has proceeded along two parallel tracks: a rationalizing perspective and a democratizing one. Efforts to blend the two (including the attempt by “environmentalist-in-chief” Al Gore in his book Earth in the Balance) have often been awkward and unpersuasive. As the new century dawns, Science Communication might help pursue a reconciliation.
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