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International Effort Tackles Landslide Hazards to Keep the Peace
Earth scientists work with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to help keep a border-straddling hydroelectric power plant on the Black Sea coast safe from landslides.
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Gingrich Suggests Ways to Guide Trump on Science and Environment
Former House Speaker urges thoughtful, aggressive, articulate arguments to influence an administration that he says generally lacks its own plan.
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Trump EPA Pick Scott Pruitt Faces Heated Confirmation Hearing
Republicans tout Oklahoma Attorney General Pruitt as someone who will rein in regulatory overreach, whereas Democrats question his commitment to protecting the environment and public health.
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Postelection Angst Spurs Some Women Scientists to Ally and Act
An advocacy group for women scientists has formed in reaction to the contentious 2016 U.S. presidential campaign and expects to participate in the Women's March on Washington this weekend.
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House Science Committee's Climate Tweets Rile Scientists
Twice in just over a month, a government body tweeted material that claims to refute the human causes of climate change.
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White House Urges Future Science and Technology Priorities
Memos from the departing Obama administration specify science and technology frontiers for investment by President-elect Donald Trump and Congress.
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President Obama Publishes in Science on Renewable Energy Future
In the journal's Policy Forum, the president lays out why renewable energy investments will surge in the future regardless of political headwinds.
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Scientists Ponder the Way Forward Under Incoming Administration
Eos asked several attendees of the American Geophysical Union's Fall Meeting for reactions to the U.S. national election. Here are their thoughts.
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Fearful of Trump, Hundreds in San Francisco Rally for Science
Speakers called on scientists not to remain silent in the face of what they said are threats to the Earth sciences.