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A panel of men question another man at a table

News 28 March 2019

NOAA Budget Proposal Hits Rough Waters in Congress

The budget proposed by the Trump administration would cut NOAA’s budget by 18%. It would target climate and ocean research programs and also slash education initiatives, grants, and other agency programs.

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Fake news or fact? Universities have a role to play in training scientists to withstand attacks on fact.

Opinion 25 March 2019

Let’s Start Teaching Scientists How to Withstand Attacks on Fact

We need to imbue students with a central value: Adherence to the scientific method is, in itself, good citizenship.

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An industrial oil pump in Wyoming

News 22 March 2019

Judge Blocks Oil and Gas Leases on Public Land, Citing Climate Change

The ruling pointed out a “critical flaw” in fossil fuel leasing.

Vegetation growing in the heathlands of Chobham Common, Surrey

Meeting Report 22 March 2019

Ancient Fires and Indigenous Knowledge Inform Fire Policies

Global Paleofire Working Group 2: Diverse Knowledge Systems for Fire Policy and Biodiversity Conservation; Egham, United Kingdom, 4–9 September 2018

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Washington governor Jay Inslee, a Democratic presidential hopeful, spoke in Washington, D.C., on 20 March.

News 22 March 2019

Jay Inslee Campaigns for Presidency on Climate Change Issue

The governor of Washington says that dealing with climate change has to be the country’s number one priority.

Rep. Elaine Luria (D-Va.), Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.), and Rep. Sean Casten (D-Ill.) are three of four cochairs of the New Democrat Coalition’s Climate Change Task Force.

News 19 March 2019

Congressional Task Force Outlines Its Approach to Climate Change

The Green New Deal created space to talk about market-based innovation, investment, and business and defense approaches, says a cochair of the New Democrat Coalition’s Climate Change Task Force.

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Youth held protests for climate change across the United States and around the world today. Pictured are students attending a climate strike in front of the U.S. Capitol Building.

News 15 March 2019

Youth Gather to Demand Action on Climate Change

The US Youth Climate Strike holds events around the country to call for passage of the Green New Deal.

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AGU Fellow medals

Opinion 15 March 2019

Incentivizing Equity and Diversity in AGU Honors Nominations

These five common myths persist about nominating your colleagues. AGU can pursue several methods of ushering in change more quickly.

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Students Zane and Braird hold a climate strike outside their school in California

News 14 March 2019

Youth Call for Action with Climate Strikes

Climate scientists show their support for protests in the United States and around the world on 15 March.

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An artist’s rendering of the Lunar Orbital Platform–Gateway over the Moon

News 13 March 2019

Science Down, Lunar Exploration Up in NASA Budget Request

Here are five key takeaways from the president’s recent budget request for NASA.