Committees that had focused on environmental issues, marine protected areas, and the nation’s electric grid are among those terminated.
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Industry Leaders Dominate Trump’s Science and Tech Advisory Council
The council’s launch, more than 2 and a half years into the Trump presidency, has an initial membership that is heavy on industry, with just one academic and no representatives from civil society.
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Modern Planet Protection Rules Recommended and Welcomed
Protocols for the Moon and Mars, human exploration, ocean worlds, and the private sector are all due for a major overhaul.
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Scientific Integrity Act Passes House Committee
Legislation would require federal science agencies to adopt and enforce strong scientific integrity policies.
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Equity Concerns Raised in Federal Flood Property Buyouts
The communities most in need of federal property buyouts after a flood are the communities least likely to get them.
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The Coming Surge of Rocket Emissions
With the space industry’s rapid growth, rocket exhaust will increasingly accumulate in the atmosphere. How this accumulation might affect the planet is unknown—because we’re not taking it seriously.
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House Passes Measure to Protect Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
The measure, which would repeal an oil and gas development program in the refuge, now needs to pass the Senate, where there is stiff opposition.
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Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Emissions Rollbacks
The suit argues that the administration is failing to curb carbon dioxide emissions as required under the Clean Air Act.
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Trump Administration Suppressed Science, Climate Analyst Charges
A former State Department analyst says that suppressing scientific information weakens the nation.
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House Committee Calls for Zero Greenhouse Gas Pollution by 2050
Democrats on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce plan to introduce comprehensive legislation later this year to deal with climate change.