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Burton Richter
Palo Alto, Calif.

Burton Richter

Voted out Nov. 9. I'm a Nobel-winning physicist, member of the National Academy of Sciences, professor at Stanford and former director of the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. I'm now working on energy and environmental issues.
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Why not do the easy things first?

The coal companies will hate it; the railroads will hate it; some members of Congress will hate it, but the climate would love it.

By Burton Richter | November 6, 2009; 12:00 AM ET | Comments (66)

Separating partisanship from technology

Without a nonpartisan body to assess science and technology issues, Congress relies on outside organizations that too often have serious conflicts of interest.

By Burton Richter | October 30, 2009; 12:00 AM ET | Comments (54)

 
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