The Bozeman 500 Women Scientists pod held a science policy workshop in February 2018 for 30 female scientists from all career stages, undergraduate to professor and government-based scientists. Sound intimidating? Here’s how we got there.
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Organizing a Science Policy Workshop: What we learned in Bozeman, Montana
Dr. Emma Kate Loveday and Dr. Racheal Upton, UCS Science Network, UCS
January 22, 2019 9:09 AM EDT
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Trump Swamp Threatens Waters of the US
Derrick Z. Jackson, fellow
January 14, 2019 12:33 PM EDT
In December, the Trump EPA issued its intended replacement for the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule. The proposed rollback ignores the value of wetlands, includes a highly dubious cost-benefit analysis, and uses hysteria to shut down science. Read more >
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Mercury Is Toxic. Andrew Wheeler’s Proposed Rollback Is Even Worse.
Kathleen Rest, executive director
January 8, 2019 4:38 PM EDT
At the end of December, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its intention to propose a new formula for calculating the human health benefits that come from reducing air pollution from power plants. It’s a calculated and cynical proposal that could roll back current safeguards and undermine future public health and environmental protections. Read more >
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The Government Shutdown Hurts Public Health and the Environment. Do You Have a Story to Tell?
Michael Halpern, Deputy director, Center for Science & Democracy
January 8, 2019 2:01 PM EDT
The devastating effects of the shutdown on public health, the environment, and science are getting much less attention than they deserve. We need to elevate these stories, and we need help from those who work most closely with the federal government to do so. Read more >
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The EPA, Mercury, and Air Toxics, Oh My!
Kathleen Rest, executive director
December 30, 2018 7:48 PM EDT
The government may be in the midst of a nonsensical shutdown, but that didn’t stop the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last week from proposing a new formula of calculating the human health benefits of reducing mercury emissions from power plants (or in their words proposing a “revised Supplemental Cost Finding”). Read more >
