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BREAKING: A federal judge in Massachusetts (the Reagan-appointed William Young) has declared the Trump administration's cuts to NIH grants — ostensibly over Trump's EOs on gender ideology and DEI — are "illegal" and "void." He's ordering many grants restored.

16.06.2025 18:23 — 👍 13519    🔁 3621    💬 104    📌 207

A graphic featuring a dramatic photo of a wildfire blazing in a forest beside a road with cars and emergency cones. Overlaid is a New York Times headline: “All Authors Working on Flagship U.S. Climate Report Are Dismissed.” Subheadline reads: “The Trump administration told researchers it was ‘releasing’ them from their roles. It puts the future of the assessment, which is required by Congress, in doubt.” At the bottom left is the IMPACTS logo with a colorful polygonal brain and text reading: “The consequences to shuttering America’s science & tech workforce are real. Share your IMPACTS story Now.” A QR code appears in the bottom right.

Breaking: The Administration abruptly dismissed hundreds of scientists from the U.S. National Climate Assessment today.
Our future depends on science — not censorship.
IMPACTS is tracking what’s at risk.
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29.04.2025 02:44 — 👍 40    🔁 19    💬 0    📌 2

📢 Today we joined the March for Science. What happens when federal science programs are cut?

🚨 Tomorrow, we launch a project tracking the real-world impacts of these decisions for all Americans.

Stay tuned.

#MarchForScience #IMPACTSSurvey #ThisAffectsEveryone

08.03.2025 02:33 — 👍 33    🔁 17    💬 0    📌 1

This new book we put up free at CSSN.org. Key learnings from 11 national case studies of obstruction of climate action. And at the EU level. Ten lessons in the last chapter.

23.11.2024 22:39 — 👍 31    🔁 18    💬 4    📌 0

China looks to step into global vacuum as Trump vows to pull U.S. back At the COP climate conference, China has been presenting itself as a stable and reliable global leader, seeking to draw a contrast ahead of a second Trump era.

Not a great look when the rest of the world is looking for leadership

www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...

24.11.2024 00:40 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Trump, China, and Climate Change: What Happens Next? Jesse and Rob download with Johns Hopkins professor Jeremy Wallace.

With Trump poised to take the USA backwards on clean energy, will China now emerge as the world's first global clean tech hegemon? Listen to this week's Shift Key with @jeremywallace.bsky.social to find out! heatmap.news/podcast/shif...

13.11.2024 22:22 — 👍 36    🔁 12    💬 2    📌 1

Trump’s Gift to China Who will benefit most from repealing the Inflation Reduction Act?

China just got a golden opportunity to seize the green energy/industry future and knock out several pillars of global American power heatmap.news/ideas/trump-...

11.11.2024 21:58 — 👍 213    🔁 50    💬 9    📌 3

2/ also an opportunity to strengthen relationships with allies as >45% “IRA investment inside the US has been by foreign companies” (esp Japan, South Korea)

Otherwise, we are ceding global leadership and trade opportunities to the PRC, which would gladly take the mantle from us
#energy #geopolitics

18.11.2024 03:48 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Trump’s proposed clean energy retreat: US costs and global rewards — Net Zero Industrial Policy Lab Analysis shows disincentivizing US solar and battery manufacture could cost billions and open new supply chain markets for competitors

If the US aims to secure global leadership in #energy, we should maintain momentum on investments already made at home JHU study finds www.netzeropolicylab.com/trump-retreat IRA repeal harms US manufacturing, trade: “lost factories, lost jobs, lost tax revenue, and up to $50 billion in lost exports”

18.11.2024 03:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0