Tag: policy
member name: David K.
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November 05, 2009 04:49 PM EST --
Today I spoke with a man who attended the Michele Bachmann's Tea Party rally near the capitol in Washington DC. He was an honest man. With honest concerns. Most of which were based . . .
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November 04, 2009 01:17 PM EST --
As Senator Lautenberg prepares to introduce chemical control reform legislation in the US, possibly as early as this month, some in the auto industry are worried that they will be severely impacted. . . .
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June 11, 2009 03:43 PM EDT --
UPDATED: The House has now voted 307-97 to pass the bill and send it on to President Obama to sign, which he as indicated he plans to do. This was a clear bipartisan measure.
Yesterday . . .
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July 24, 2009 06:55 PM EDT --
I’ll start by highly recommending this book. Especially to scientists or those interested in science. As suggested by the title – Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy . . .
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February 07, 2009 07:59 AM EST --
A recent study published in the journal Environmental Science and Policy (see full citation at end) calls for greater efforts to enhance the use of scientific evidence in environmental policy decisions. . . .
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March 14, 2009 06:40 AM EDT --
As I noted previously , the University of Copenhagen this past week hosted an international scientific congress on climate change under the heading "Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges and . . .
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April 26, 2009 07:08 AM EDT --
In a surprise move, the US government published in the Thursday, April 23rd Federal Register a " request for public comment " on a scientific integrity memo. This relates to the memorandum . . .
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June 16, 2009 05:24 PM EDT --
A new report says that climate change is already happening, and and its effects are on track to get much worse in the coming century. The report, "Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States," . . .
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October 27, 2009 10:20 PM EDT --
Yesterday the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) released a “chairman’s mark” of the climate bill she co-authored with fellow Senator John . . .
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September 14, 2008 06:34 AM EDT --
In today's New York Times there is an Op-Ed piece by columnist Thomas Friedman, author of "The World is Flat" and other books. The man knows a thing or two about . . .
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May 01, 2009 08:59 AM EDT --
Climate change, or global warming, is a popular topic of scientific debate on Gather. Proponents on either side studiously present their factual evidence supporting their views and....
...sorry, . . .
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February 05, 2009 03:32 PM EST --
Scientists have a love/hate relationship with policy makers. We want to "do our science" but not necessarily get all into the whole political rangling thing. On the other hand, it displeases . . .
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February 09, 2009 02:36 PM EST --
A doctor in the UK "changed and misreported results" in his research, "creating the appearance of a possible link" between the MMR vaccine and autism, according to an investigation . . .
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February 16, 2009 01:49 PM EST --
This past week, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore urged scientists to exert their influence on global climate change. In short, he said that scientists must play a more active role in how their science . . .
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March 09, 2009 03:53 PM EDT --
Today, American President Barack Obama signed an Executive Order that lifted the ban on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. The ban was put in place by past-president George W. Bush shortly . . .
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March 19, 2009 05:44 PM EDT --
An underlying theme of my posts is how science meets policy. In a recent commentary , UK scientist and Professor Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Earth Institute and special adviser to UN Secretary General . . .
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March 22, 2009 07:01 AM EDT --
I did a post a while back about a " Climate Skeptics Conference " held in New York City. According to Andrew Revkin, writing in the Scotland in Sunday newspaper, it may just have been a last hurrah . . .
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April 04, 2009 08:16 AM EDT --
Dr. Jane Lubchenco took over the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on March 22, 2009. A day later she did a joint interview with writers from two of the most prestigious . . .
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April 16, 2009 02:38 PM EDT --
Think global warming affects only the air temperature? Think again. The oceans matter also when it comes to climate change. Carbon dioxide (CO2) could lead to big changes in the ocean, and most of it . . .
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July 11, 2009 08:28 AM EDT --
Climate skeptics like to claim that there are many independent scientists who refute the consensus of climate change. They love to cite folks like S. Fred Singer, Robert Carter, Roy Spencer (ahem, . . .
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