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Earth System Interventions for Sustainability

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By 2009, environmental challenges–especially climate change–were severe enough that humans have obligations to understand how technologies can help overcome them and to use these technologies, as appropriate. Twelve years later, this seems only more so. Much of this work falls within the natural sciences.

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Policy News: September 12, 2022

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The recommendations include strengthening interagency coordination and managing climate change risks. More News: The Civilian Climate Corps was dropped from the climate bill. biotechnology industry during a trip to Boston, MA. Read the full report here. Now what? – The Washington Post.

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Special Policy News #6: The Transition

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Todd Young’s (R-IN) Endless Frontiers Act from the last Congress, Biden endorses investing $50 billion to create a new technology directorate in the National Science Foundation to fund research on topics like semiconductors and advanced computing, advanced communications technology, advanced energy technologies and biotechnology.

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ESA Policy News: February 20, 2023

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Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) will be the ranking member of the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research and Biotechnology. 21 USGS Invasive Species Research Unit: The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Projects and the Effects of Climate Change on Invasive Species Wednesday, Feb. 20 Invasive Species Programs Across Mexico Tuesday, Feb.

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