Strada,

You make an important point, one which I think deserves expansion as a note in Science!.  

But I would also note that many / most of our scientific solutions are far more straightforward.  Logging along salmon streams causes losses in salmon, carbon in the air causes warming and instability, deforestation causes species extinction.  The science here is pretty simple.

We are in decline, when will we respond?

Gov Knowles is simply advocating for rational use of science -- and what the heck is wrong with that?