Some science bloggers are alarmed by predictions in the news that President-elect Barack Obama intends to appoint Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as head of the Environmental Protection Agency.
After eight years in which the Bush administration trashed science to favor a political agenda, these blogger are saying that Kennedy More…
“Just think about this: In four months — in just four months — we will have an administration that actually believes in science.”
That’s what former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner told a cheering crowd during his keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. It was a More…
Federal agencies have inconsistent media policies when it comes to allowing scientists to share information with journalists, concludes a new study by the Union of Concerned Scientists.
The nonpartisan, nonprofit group issued a “report card” grading 15 federal agencies on their communication policies. Some agencies, it found, “stifle communication” even More…
At the beginning of this year, we reported on Air France’s plan to go green. Now the airline is joining forces with nine other industry leaders and environmental groups to reduce the industry’s dependency on fossil fuels.
This is interesting. A group of thousands of scientists, engineers and science buffs called Science Debate 2008 got Sen. Obama and Sen. McCain to answer 14 science policy questions.
A story today in the The Los Angeles Times on a study about biology and politics starts with: “Die-hard liberals and conservatives aren’t made; they’re born. It’s literally in their DNA.”
Intrigued, I called the study’s head researcher, Douglas Oxley of the University of Nebraska, to see if More…
Web Ecoist showcases “20 of the World’s Weirdest Endangered Species” today with some fantastic photos of such exotic creatures as the Solenodon (not a dinosaur) and the world’s rarest parrot called the Kakapo. If the Bush administration has its way, the Endangered Species Act will be rendered More…
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