This month in #scipol: Earth's carbon dioxide levels hit record high, heatwaves in the Arctic, Trump allows companies to waive environmental regulation, Kathy Sullivan goes to Challenger Deep, hurricanes coming, solar power, and more!
Weekly Digest — March 31-April 6, 2020
This week in #scipol: abortion ban in place in Texas, the European Green Deal, coronavirus in the air, sexism at the NIH, ozone layer is healing, new review of the Dakota Access Pipeline ordered, and more!
Weekly Digest — March 10-23, 2020
This week in #scipol: COVID-19 and misinformation, air pollution, vaccines, research, oil prices, and academia; Momnibus bill introduced, another person cured of HIV, and more!
Weekly Digest — February 25-March 2, 2020
This week in #scipol: fires in Australia contained, new flaring report favors industry in the Permian Basin, Utah makes climate change plan, wilderness act passes, pipeline construction permit questioned, and more!
Weekly Digest — February 11-17, 2020
This week in #scipol: coronavirus in Texas, criminal charges for Arkema CEO, human rights and climate change, border wall funding, funding for Native American women in STEM, colleges divest from fossil fuels, and more!
Weekly Digest — January 28-February 3, 2020
This week in #scipol: sexual misconduct at UT Austin, setting sun and space records, gender-affirming care for children, scientists arrested, US emissions fall, Republican sponsors climate and science funding bill, and more!
Weekly Digest — January 14-20, 2020
This week in #scipol: vultures, sheep, and wallabies, the five hottest years ever end, transgender healthcare access in Pakistan, US gun violence research, the Save Our Seas Act, cancer rates drop, textbooks are political, and more!
Weekly Digest — December 3-9, 2019
This week in #scipol: #UN climate summit, largest private environmental settlement in history, new Dept Energy Secretary, #RAWA passes out of committee, US education in trouble, #OED word of the year is climate emergency, and more!
Weekly Digest — November 19-25, 2019
This week in #scipol: rollbacks at the EPA, a privately funded border wall, 5G networks reduce weather forecasting accuracy, and more!
Weekly Digest — November 12-18, 2019
This week in #scipol: Guatemalan town cuts plastic pollution and New Zealand cuts carbon emissions, UT Austin reforms sexual misconduct policies, world's smallest ungulate, bad climate news for the Arctic and Sea of Oshotsk, and more!