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Seth Shulman

Seth Shulman is the editorial director at the Union of Concerned Scientists and a veteran science journalist and author specializing on issues of science, technology, and the environment. He is the lead author of the 2012 book  Cooler Smarter: Practical Steps for Low-Carbon Living. His 2006 book, Undermining Science: Suppression and Distortion in the Bush Administration (University of California Press) was cited by Nature as “the most important science book for the next US president to read.”