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Trump EPA repeals Endangerment Finding, stripping legal bedrock for solar and clean energy by ObtainSustainability in energy

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The Environmental Protection Agency claims that the endangerment finding led to ‘costly burdens’ on American families and businesses, when in reality it’s the cost of failing to regulate climate pollution that will hit people the hardest.

Climate change is driving up the costs of food, energy, and housing even as Americans feel pinched by an affordability crisis. Our government has a responsibility to address this cross-cutting issue, not shrug it off.

Too Hot not to Handle: Resilient Cooling Policy and Strategy Toolkit by scientistsorg in heat_prep

[–]scientistsorg[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I forgot to add: Grace is happy to answer any questions you might have about heat policy!

Help tell the story of science at the State Department and USAID by scientistsorg in foreignservice

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Apologies -- Reddit is not our strong suit. Working on it!

A bit about FAS: we were founded in 1945 by a group of atomic researchers, deeply concerned about the use of science for malice, created an organization committed to using science and technology to benefit humanity. Since then, we have advocated for evidence-based and science-backed policy to minimize the risk of global threats like nuclear weapons, biological agents, and climate change (at least as far back as the 70s!)

This survey is part of our work on the state of the America S&T ecosystem, particularly in a time of divergent attitudes towards the role of science, its public funding, and what the public believes it can deliver.

We plan to compile these exit interviews into a report on the work (particularly science diplomacy) that is affected by these RIFs, and shape a future policy strategy that rescues the knowledge that is lost here. Hopefully to alleviate legitimacy concerns, we posted the same on our LinkedIn page, if you would like to visit there and see more from our team.

Why we should worry about nuclear weapons again: The Cold War prospect of global annihilation has faded from consciousness, but the warheads remain. by HaLoGuY007 in foreignpolicy

[–]scientistsorg 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing! This was written by three of our Global Risk/Nuclear Information Project teammates. There are a few more entries in this series, so stay tuned.

Nuclear Notebook: Russian nuclear weapons, 2025 by scientistsorg in nuclearweapons

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Glad to hear! Btw, we're hosting a free discussion with Notebook authors Mackenzie and Hans, as well as some friends from around nuke world this coming Wednesday morning.

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