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Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Laredo’s case is one of many examples in a new report , co-published by the Brennan Center for Justice and the Union of Concerned Scientists, about policy decisions by state and local agencies based on manipulated science, and the need for reform. Conflicts of interest abound. Accountability, not so much.
Yale E360
JANUARY 9, 2024
But researchers are warning that these pledges are not grounded in sound science and will fail to prevent the worst impacts of climate change. climate conference in Dubai agreed on a plan to keep global warming to 1.5 degrees C and achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. Read more on E360 →
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Real Climate
NOVEMBER 29, 2023
The paper provides a good opportunity to illustrate how climate science obfuscation works, and to remind readers how we actually know for sure that greenhouse gas emissions are indeed responsible for modern global warming. Muller was converted to accepting mainstream climate science by his own results. Image: Prof.
Union of Concerned Scientists
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
It depends on all of us to take part and strengthen our democracy together, and science has a crucial role to play. A healthy democracy matters for science because a government that’s not accountable to the people it serves will listen to the most powerful interests rather than creating evidence-based policies that can serve us all.
Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Florida is a state notorious in recent years for politicizing science-based decisions on Covid-19 and other matters in favor of positions that resonate with an anti-science political base. Research shows that more people died in states and counties where Covid-19 science was politicized than in states where it wasn’t (i.e.,
Union of Concerned Scientists
JANUARY 22, 2024
My colleague, Adam Markham , contributed to this discussion with a presentation to the IPCC about the need for greater attention to culture and heritage , including Indigenous science and Indigenous knowledge, for understanding the toll of loss and damage, climate mitigation, and climate adaptation and resilience.
Legal Planet
MARCH 2, 2023
The first climate science ever published was in 1856 by Eunice Newton Foote, who discovered that CO2 and water vapor trapped the sun’s heat. Her paper was read at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Even better would be a Eunice Newton Foote Chair at Rensselaer.
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