Assistant Professor of Environmental Science & Policy Jennie Stephens is in Washington, D.C., joining a delegation of scientists and economists from ten states who met personally with members of Congress to deliver a call for strong climate action legislation. The formal Scientists and Economists Call to Action 2010, coordinated by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) and endorsed by more than 2,000 prominent scientists and economists, was released on March 11. It calls on policymakers to require immediate, deep reductions in heat-trapping emissions that cause global warming. More…