More than a thousand of the nation’s top scientists say it’s time to speak “science to power,” as Covid-19 deaths rise around the country. More than 1,240 National Academy of Science members are calling on policymakers to restore evidence-based decision-making—especially when it comes to managing life-and-death challenges like the global pandemic and climate change.
Also this week, EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced a U.S. proposal that would regulate greenhouse gas emissions from airplanes for the first time. But, the new standards would do nothing to further reduce the country’s rising greenhouse gas levels because the airline industry had already imposed those standards on itself four years ago.
As the Culture Wars Flare Amid the Pandemic, a Call to Speak ‘Science to Power’
BY: JUDY FAHYS
A growing number of National Academy of Science members sign a statement decrying the Trump administration’s “denigration of scientific expertise.”
Draft Airline Emission Rules are the Latest Trump Administration Effort to Change its Climate Record
BY: KRISTOFFER TIGUE & MARIANNE LAVELLE
But the new EPA aviation emission standards are no more stringent than those the industry imposed on itself four years ago.Read More
How Many Polar Bears Will Be Left in 2100? If Temperatures Keep Rising, Probably Not a Lot
BY: KATELYN WEISBROD
A new study projects that with no action on climate change, only a few, northernmost subpopulations of the bears will exist by century’s end.Read More
Extinction Rebellion, Greenpeace Campaign for a Breakup Between Big Tech and Big Oil
BY: ILANA COHEN
Employing disparate tactics, the activist organizations want Amazon, Google and Microsoft to stop helping the fossil fuel industry extract more oil and gas.Read More
Connecticut Passed an Environmental Justice Law 12 Years Ago, but Not That Much Has Changed
BY: ABBY WEISS
Reform legislation that could be considered this summer would mandate hearings and mitigation agreements. Read More
Fossil Fuel Advocates’ New Tactic: Calling Opposition to Arctic Drilling ‘Racist’
BY: ILANA COHEN
Some say oil and gas exploration is essential as a source of jobs and revenue for Alaska Native communities, but activists argue it is simply exploitation. Read More