25 April
NATO is boosting AI and climate research as scientific diplomacy remains on ice
As the military alliance created to counter the Soviet Union expands, it is prioritizing studies on how climate change affects security, cyber attacks and election interference.
17 April
New from the New York Times: A Great Lakes Pipeline Tangles Politics in Two Battleground States
10 April
What the India election means for science. With voting about to start in India’s general election, some researchers are concerned that sluggish funding growth and slow decision-making processes could hold the country back.
4 April
U.S. approves $20 billion to help poor communities go green
In a high-risk, high-reward effort to fight climate change, the EPA is helping local groups finance clean-energy projects.
Learn more about how communities are organizing around climate action.
29 March
Climate change could shape the 2024 election. Which candidates should you keep an eye on?
Reckon offers eight pro-environment Congressional incumbents and newcomers to look out for in upcoming primaries and November’s election.
19 March
New from the New York Times: For the fourth year in a row, President Biden is trying to eliminate federal tax breaks for coal, oil and gas companies. But fossil fuel subsidies have proven difficult to stop.
“Unlike previous administrations, I don’t think the federal government should give handouts to big oil,” Mr. Biden said after his inauguration. His new budget proposal calls for the elimination of $35 billion in tax breaks that would otherwise be provided to the industry over the next decade.
12 March
Act now to prevent a ‘gold rush’ in outer space
As private firms aim for the Moon and beyond, a book calls for an urgent relook at the legal compact that governs space exploration. A book review of Who Owns the Moon? In Defence of Humanity’s Common Interests in Space by A. C. Grayling
More from Eos: Do we need a declaration of rights for the Moon?
11 March
The outlook for science funding in the United States is gloomy. Meanwhile:
China promises more money for science in 2024
Science and innovation are central to China’s national agenda and the country’s efforts to spur economic growth.
8 March 2024
What Biden’s State of the Union Means for Science
The president briefly mentioned efforts to combat climate change and investments in science as he kicked off his run for a second term.
6 March 2024
Super Tuesday Lays Out Election’s Environmental Stakes
U.S. elections could pull the country back from several environmental tipping points—or push it beyond them. Scientists are urging people to seek climate action beyond the ballot.
5 March 2024
Final U.S. spending bills offer gloomy outlook for science
Key research funding agencies get sizable cuts or flat budgets.
Take a look at why science funding is important for science.
29 February 2024
“Every election is a climate election.”
— “Climate Change Isn’t an Election Issue, It’s an Era,” Policy Magazine
13 February 2024
“Federally funded academic research is gaining potential as a US election campaign issue, with Washington making a new bipartisan push to expand its distribution of scientific dollars to regions of the country that win very little on their own.”
—Paul Basken, “US research funding emerges as election battleground” in Times Higher Education
7 February 2024
6 February 2024
The United States is not the only country wrestling with political implications of the climate crisis.
30 January 2024
Trump’s Presidential Push Renews Fears for U.S. Science
If he wins a second term, the former U.S. president has promised to limit the authority of federal agencies and employees, including scientists.
Learn more about the long legacy of the Chevron doctrine and why it matters to geoscientists.
26 January 2024
24 January 2024
Trump, Haley Tell Voters: Economic Prosperity Requires Fossil Fuels
Both Republican front-runners promise a better economy via oil and gas production.
23 January 2024
“It’s called global climate—not New Hampshire climate, not West Virginia climate or United States climate, it’s global climate.”
22 January 2024
Haley addressed the protests by emphasizing the need to “call out India and China” for their own emissions and partner with energy producers instead of “demonizing” them.
—BREAKING NEWS: Climate Protesters Interrupt Nikki Haley And Have To Be Removed—Then Haley Reacts
New York may soon join a growing number of states seeking to incorporate climate change into school lesson plans.
Critics of integrating climate change with curricula include politicians who seek “more questioning of whether man-made greenhouse gases are the main source of global warming.”
19 January 2024
The Climate Crisis Briefly Crashes the New Hampshire GOP Primary
Republican candidates repeated earlier promises to expand domestic fossil fuel production and fight programs that promote race- and gender-based equity in schools.
18 January 2024
Climate change is real. I think that’s acknowledging a fact.
—Former South Carolina Governor and U.S. presidential candidate Nikki Haley at an 18 January town hall
This week, with a case nicknamed #Relentless, the U.S. Supreme Court seems likely to discard the Chevron doctrine, with potentially massive implications for regulatory agencies like the EPA. Earlier this year, we published an opinion examining why rethinking Chevron could sideline scientists from public policy.
The Supreme Court Is Bypassing Science—We Can’t Ignore It
The court’s exclusion of scientists from the environmental rulemaking process comes full circle as the EPA strips federal protections for wetlands.
“Fossil fuels are a requirement for human prosperity. Drill, frack, burn coal, and embrace nuclear power.”
—Vivik Ramaswany, campaigning for former President Donald Trump at a rally on 16 January in New Hampshire
Fact check: nuclear energy does not burn fossil fuels
16 January 2024
Q: Did the freezing temperatures and snow in Iowa change the results of the Iowa caucuses?
A: No, not in a meaningful way, according to election pundits. Temperatures on 15 January reached as low as –15°F in DesMoines and were preceded by a blizzard. Despite the low voter turnout (just 110,000 people), experts say that a representative cross-section of caucus-goers braved the weather to vote.
11 January 2024
Candidates Commit to Fossil Fuels at Iowa’s Republican Debate
On the debate stage and at a separate town hall, DeSantis, Haley, and Trump downplayed climate change in favor of energy independence.
—Florida governor and U.S. presidential candidate Ron DeSantis at the 10 January Republican debate