Update on Geology and the Election
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By , on November 7th, 2012 4 comments   Social Sciences   , , , , , , , , , ,  

I was glued to my computer last night both to see how the future of country would take shape but see if the Blue Belt would emerge last night. Not sure what I am referring to? Check out How Presidential Election are Impacted by a 100 Million Year Old Coastline. The results… 2012 Presidential election . . . → Read More: Update on Geology and the Election

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From the Editor’s Desk: Public Funding of Science
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By , on December 14th, 2010 8 comments   Editor's Desk   , , , , ,  

YouCut – a first-of-its-kind project – is designed to defeat the permissive culture of runaway spending in Congress. It allows you to vote, both online and on your cell phone, on spending cuts that you want to see the House enact. As part of the Youcut project, Representatives Adrian Smith and Eric Cantor earlier this . . . → Read More: From the Editor’s Desk: Public Funding of Science

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From the Editor’s Desk: Obama and the Environment
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By , on November 15th, 2010 5 comments   Conservation & Environment, Editor's Desk, Industry & Government, Mining, Oil Spills   , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  

Obama’s Pledge on the Environment “We cannot afford more of the same timid politics when the future of our planet is at stake. Global warming is not a someday problem, it is now. We are already breaking records with the intensity of our storms, the number of forest fires, the periods of drought. By 2050 . . . → Read More: From the Editor’s Desk: Obama and the Environment

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An open letter about climate change
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By , on November 11th, 2010 One comment   Carnivals & Link Love, Conservation & Environment, Industry & Government, Opinion & Editorial, Weather   , ,  

In case you haven’t already read it, head over to Southern Fried Science where WhySharksMatter delivers an elegantly written, sincere, and ultimately balanced letter to John Boehner. Boehner is the soon-to-be Speaker of the House and will be leading the Republican majority on a predicted anti-climate change agenda. As a scientist, however, I am deeply . . . → Read More: An open letter about climate change

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Oil: From the offshore to onshore, From the deep sea to coral reefs
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By , on April 6th, 2010 5 comments   Conservation & Environment, Industry & Government, Uncategorized   , , , , , , ,  

Last Wednesday, Obama in a very surprising move, unveiled plans for large swaths of the ocean off the East Coast, eastern Gulf of Mexico, and Alaska to be drilled for oil and gas for the first time. Specifically the plan allows areas from Delaware to central Floria, the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas, and swath 125 . . . → Read More: Oil: From the offshore to onshore, From the deep sea to coral reefs

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