This week in #scipol: rollbacks at the EPA, a privately funded border wall, 5G networks reduce weather forecasting accuracy, and more!
Weekly Digest — September 4-9, 2019
This week in #scipol: NOAA silences scientists and hurricane information, lakes are drained in Texas, the Tongass in danger, Bolsonaro cuts grants 90%, deaths in academia, the climate change debate ahead of 2020, 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 — March 12-18, 2019
This week in #scipol: the college admissions scandal gets UT sued, Vanderbilt fires #MeTooSTEM professor, Iran accuses conservationists in mortal peril, Rick Perry says Green New Deal should be debated, kids skip school, and more!
Weekly Digest — February 19-25, 2019
This week in #scipol: space harpoons, FY2019 funding, STEM parents, record oil leases, China building genetic databases, estimating enslaved people worldwide, WOTUS comment period, climate funding redirected, 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 — October 16-22, 2018
This week in #scipol: some good news! The Save Our Seas Act, whooping cranes on the rebound, EPA shelves transparency rule, changing minds on climate change, voting begins, and more!
Weekly Digest — September 10 – 17, 2018
This week in #scipol: climate change agreements, fire in the National Museum of Brazil, Hurricane Florence, the Opioid Crisis Response Act, and more!
Summer monthly digest — May 7 – June 5, 2018
This month in #scipol: carbon taxes, water contamination, science appropriations, Chinese espionage, the "right to try bill", top 10 newly discovered species, and more.
Weekly Digest — April 2-8, 2018
This week in #scipol: controversy surrounds EPA's Pruitt, investment in solar and synthetic biology soars, supersonic commercial jets, flood planning in Houston, antarctic ice melts at rates faster than previously recognized, and more