This week in #scipol: coronavirus stimulus package for research, negative oil prices, WOTUS rule finalized, pay cuts for university employees, and more!
Weekly Digest — March 24-30, 2020
This week in #scipol: abortion ban in Texas, coronavirus projections, oil production decline, EPA stops regulating the environment, new emissions rule, USDA head confirmed, fossil dinosaur head found, whales and the sun, and more!
Weekly Digest — November 5-11, 2019
This week in #scipol: 11,000 scientists declare climate emergency and measures to combat climate change, the Transparency Rule is back, 2019 election results, mushroom foam, most Texans believe climate change is happening, and more!
Weekly Digest — May 7-13, 2019
Our last digest of the semester! We will switch to monthly digests for the summer. This week in #scipol: dune lizards, #txlege fails to future-proof the state, bird flu is back, recycling, rivers, science funding, and more!
Weekly Digest — January 29-February 4, 2019
This week in #scipol: 150th anniversary of the periodic table, anti-science practices and nominations of the Trump administration, polar vortices, German coal, and more!
Weekly Digest — January 8-14, 2019
This week in #scipol: carbon emissions increase, science denialism in India and Italy, shutdown continues, future plans for Austin and Lamar Smith, a plan to clean up the ocean, Voyager 1 answers questions about dark matter, and more!
Weekly Digest — December 18, 2018-January 7, 2019
Lots of #scipol news over the holidays: first images from four billion miles from Earth, the dark side of the moon, and inside the sun's atmosphere, plans to dim the sun, build the wall, and visit the deep ocean, new #txlege and more!
Weekly Digest — December 11-17, 2018
This week in #scipol: a butterfly sanctuary slated for the border wall, the sage grouse in trouble, cats outdoors, goodbye Ryan Zinke, PhD's get jobs, T rex makeover, Little Foot uncovered 3.67 million years after she fell, and more!
Weekly Digest — December 4-10, 2018
This week in #scipol: the Asian longhorned tick, congressional committees take shape, a carbon fee bill is introduced, the UN holds climate talks, carbon emissions increase, and will we all get coal from Poland in our stockings?
Weekly Digest — November 27-December 3, 2018
This week in #scipol: border wall, gender discrimination, the dark side of the moon, decrease in life expectancy, Brexit, Trump and the G-20 on climate change, and more!