Saturday, March 14, 2009

Climate Scientists in Copenhagen Issue Key Messages

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As I noted two days ago , the University of Copenhagen this past week hosted an international scientific congress on climate change under th...
Thursday, March 12, 2009

Climate Scientists in Emergency Meeting to Stimulate Action

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"This is not a regular scientific conference," says University of Copenhagen marine biologist Katherine Richardson, "This is ...
Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Got Imagination? Get $100,000 in Research Awards

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Are you imaginative? Okay, I should be a little more exact than that. Are you imaginative and do research in the fields of wastewater, wat...
Monday, March 9, 2009

Science Policy Takes Center Stage at the White House - Embryonic Stem Cells and More

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Today, American President Barack Obama signed an Executive Order that lifted the ban on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. T...
Sunday, March 8, 2009

White House Favors National Fuel Standard

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The saga continues. During the Bush administration California passed a law that would require a 30% reduction in emissions by 2016. The id...
Saturday, March 7, 2009

Global Warming Skeptics Sponsor Their Own Climate Change Conference

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It's called, The 2009 International Conference on Climate Change and bills itself as "the world’s largest-ever gathering of global ...
Thursday, March 5, 2009

REACH Hits Malaysia - Chemical Control Meets Free Trade?

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A work plan is being developed by a group trying to implement a Malaysian version of Europe's Registration, Evaluation, Authorization an...
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Wednesday, March 4, 2009

“Here at the Secret Science Club, all scientists are rock stars”

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So announces Margaret Mittelbach, as she introduces that evening’s headliner: a microbiologist from Columbia University, who will talk about...
Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Japan Amends Chemical Control Law

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I've documented efforts by Europe, the US, and Canada to change their chemical control laws and/or review their Inventory chemicals. We...
Monday, March 2, 2009

Mixed Responses - Scientists in US Happy, Scientists in Canada Not So Much

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Most scientists didn't miss the obvious reference to reinvigorating and respecting science in President Obama's inauguration speech....
Sunday, March 1, 2009

Unintended Consequences - Ethanol is Up/Ethanol is Down

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News came this week that USEPA Administrator Lisa Jackson won't decide for several months the tricky issue of how much ethanol should b...
Saturday, February 28, 2009

Revisiting the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976

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I have noted previously that there is a big push in this Congress to take a long hard look at the current chemical control regulations in th...
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Friday, February 27, 2009

Will the Real Roger Pielke Please Stand Up?

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A while back I wrote a piece from a book by Roger A. Pielke, Jr. called The Honest Broker . In my article I mentioned the four idealized ro...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Hey Scientists - Being Brilliant Isn't Enough!

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One of the purposes of this blog is to highlight how scientists and policy makers interact. A friend recently sent me a link to an article ...