07-15-09 | Data Bank: Surveys Show that Americans Respect Scientists, a Gap Persists on Perceptions of Climate Change, but Public Supports Action to Curb Emissions

The United States is generally supportive of scientists and government funding for research and education, according to a new survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. However, public understanding of climatic changes caused by human activity continues to lag behind [...]

05-14-09 | Report: Waxman-Markey Bill Emissions Reductions Equal to Taking 500 Million Cars Off the Road

The proposed American Clean Energy and Security Act mandates a 17-percent reduction below 2005 emissions levels by 2020. That’s 1.2 billion 2.2 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide and the equivalent of taking half a billion cars off the road, reports CAP Senior Fellow Dan Weiss in a column just posted over on the main [...]

05-06-09 | The American West on Fire

New research investigating the impact of climate change on western wildfires presents a bleak picture. CAP Senior Fellow Tom Kenworthy covers the latest science in an American Progress column this week, explaining the problematic feedback cycle: higher temperatures from global warming increase the risks of wildfires, and increased fires release more carbon dioxide into the [...]

04-09-09 | Roundup of Holdren Interviews

John Holdren, director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, was nominated in the middle of December, but only confirmed by the senate three weeks ago. In the past, he has spoken in earnest about the importance of scientists devoting time to public communication and outreach—he suggests 10 percent of researchers’ time go towards [...]

03-03-09 | Washington Post: Holdren and Lubchenco Nominations on Hold

Juliet Eilperin reports that Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) has placed a hold on votes to approve John Holdren’s appointment as director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and Jane Lubchenco’s appointment as leader of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Despite speculation that the secret hold was on account of disagreements over matters of science policy, [...]

01-21-09 | One Last Whack

Despite the inauguration of a new administration, conservatives have left a damaged scientific system and an archaic way of thinking about science policy. The outgoing policymakers cannot rewrite history for their own purposes.

01-14-09 | Chris Mooney Wins American Meteorological Society Book Award

We’re announcing this in conjunction with the American Meteorological Society: For Immediate Release – January 14, 2009 Author Chris Mooney Honored by American Meteorological Society Chris Mooney, author of Storm World:  Hurricanes, Politics, and the Battle over Global Warming, has won the 2009 Louis J. Battan Author’s Award by the American Meteorological Society, the nation’s leading professional society [...]