Storm Brewing Over ARPA-E?
President Obama announced new federal funding goals for science, particularly the transformational energy research program ARPA-E, just as a a global swine flu pandemic was getting underway, so it’s little wonder that the news sank with barely a ripple. Among those who did take notice, the Sierra Club stated that “we have finally closed the books on the Bush era of climate denial.” But a closer look at ARPA-E suggests that it’s way too soon to pop the corks.
