This month in #scipol: coronavirus projections from cell phone data, reductions in air and noise pollution, lack of testing access for communities of color, conspiracy theories on the rise, government scientific integrity, 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 — 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 21-27, 2020
This week in #scipol: Texas State Board of Education is reviewing science standards again, Trump era WOTUS rule weakens decades of protections, HPV linked to more cancer, an explosion in Houston, insect conservation, and more!
Weekly Digest — November 26-December 2, 2019
Energy, Environment, and Conservation A new report by the Government Accountability Office concludes that nearly 60% of Superfund sites in the US could be at risk of releasing toxic pollutants into waterways and communities due to climate change exacerbated flooding, sea level rise, storm surge, and wildfires. Superfund sites are sites of contaminated hazardous waste … Continue reading Weekly Digest — November 26-December 2, 2019
Summer Monthly Digest — July 13-August 19, 2019
In this last 2019 summer monthly #scipol digest: tigers, bears, and whales (oh my?), plastic and air pollution justice, EPA failures and Pebble Mine, abortions, HPV, vaccines, and glyphosate, Mauna Kea, trees in Ethiopia, and more!
Summer Monthly Digest — June 19-July 12, 2019
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!
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!