This month in #scipol: pollution in Texas, cheap solar power, deforestation in Brazil, defunded university in Alaska, comet lander, exascale computers water in India, Obamacare, gene patents, #MeTooSTEM, trusting scientists, and more!
Summer Monthly Digest — May 14-June 18, 2019
This month in #scipol: record CO2 levels, elephants, Brazilian scientists, #txlege #science wrap up, breast cancer, malaria and measles, carbon offsets, Chip Roy, China, pesticides, GRExit, bias in CVs, sea ice, crop floods, and more!
Summer Monthly Digest — August 7-Sept 10, 2018
This month in #scipol: air and water pollution, sexual misconduct in academia, birds and beetles, the Space Force, and more!
Weekly Digest — March 26-April 1, 2018
This week in #scipol: roadways increase extinction rates of migratory animals, new study explores graduate student mental health, UCS sues the EPA, the USDA publicly approves CRISPER crops, UN urges focus on climate change and more
Weekly Digest — March 5-18, 2018
Lots of news in conservation this week: Bears Ears shrunk for oil, phytoplankton declining, regenerative farming gains status, ban on big game trophy importation lifted; new rules limit the EPA; new CDC director considered; & more!
Weekly Digest — February 19-25, 2018
This week in science policy -- two groups sue the EPA over violating federal records laws, a greater number of first time STEM candidates are entering into primaries, senators are pushing for funding to develop a universal flu vaccine, climate warming effects are concerns for both coral reef survival and communities in deforested areas, & more
Weekly Digest — December 11, 2017 – January 7, 2018 (Holiday Edition)
Over the holidays, the EPA was ordered to update its guidelines on safe lead levels, Kathleen Hartnett-White did not receive unanimous support and will need to be re-nominated for head of the CEQ this coming congressional session, and a new report recommends priority missions for earth and space science with a heavy focus on climate science. In Austin, the Environmental Commission recommended voluntary buy-out of properties within the 100-year flood zone near Onion Creek. Read on for more about what the Heartland Institute is up to, where these cold snaps are coming from, and more.
Weekly Digest — December 4-10, 2017
This week: Zinke recommends reducing boundaries of 4 national monuments, the EPA continues debate on the repeal of the Clean Power Plan, House GOP members reverse stand on graduate tuition tax, the UT system submits a bid to run Los Alamos National Laboratory, and more.
Weekly Digest — November 27-December 3, 2017
This week in #scipol: Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante monuments will be reduced, mining companies no longer financially responsible for future clean-up preparations, debate continues on what is a "water of the United States" (and what should be protected), graduate students worry about tax hikes, Lamar Smith attacks socio-behavioral research at the NSF, and more.
Weekly Digest — November 13-19, 2017
This week conservationist groups' outrage places hold on big game trophy decision, U.S. cities and state governments speak at the UN climate Change Conference, strategies for changing how we perceive the environment, the case for scientific collections, and more.
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