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Wildfire Research Legislation in the Works
JUL 21, 2023
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Science Committee Begins Work to Update Weather Research Law
APR 13, 2023
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FY23 Budget Outcomes: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
MAR 09, 2023
A USGS scientist collects a gas sample on the flank of Akutan Volcano in Alaska
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FY23 Budget Outcomes: US Geological Survey
MAR 08, 2023
Senate Appropriations Committee staff members touring the National Renewable Energy Lab in October 2022
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FY23 Budget Outcomes: DOE Applied Energy R&D
MAR 03, 2023
The primary mirror of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.
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FY23 Budget Outcomes: NASA
JAN 27, 2023
Workers painting the dome that once housed Idaho National Lab’s Experimental Breeder Reactor II facility.
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Efforts to Transform US Nuclear Industry Entering Full Bloom
SEP 21, 2022
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) at a press event rallying Democrats around the newly unveiled Inflation Reduction Act on Aug. 4.
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Landmark Climate Bill Also Promises Boost for Science Projects
AUG 11, 2022
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DOE Presses Ahead With Equity Agenda
AUG 05, 2022
Biden watches the Senate vote on the Chips and Science Act
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Long-Awaited ‘CHIPS and Science Act’ Headed to Biden Following Congressional Drama
JUL 29, 2022
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DOE Applied Energy Budget: FY22 Outcomes and FY23 Request
JUN 03, 2022
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USGS Budget: FY22 Outcomes and FY23 Request
MAY 27, 2022
ITER is conducting a milestone operation this week it calls the “Big Lift,” in which the first module of the facility’s vacuum vessel is hoisted into place.
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DOE Office of Science Budget: FY22 Outcomes and FY23 Request
MAY 11, 2022
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MIT Engineer Evelyn Wang Poised to Lead ARPA–E
MAY 06, 2022
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NOAA Budget: FY22 Outcomes and FY23 Request
APR 27, 2022
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White House Sets Sights on Commercial Fusion Energy
APR 25, 2022
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NSF Budget: FY22 Outcomes and FY23 Request
APR 13, 2022
An image of a star taken by the James Webb Space Telescope during its mirror alignment
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NASA Budget: FY22 Outcomes and FY23 Request
APR 08, 2022
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NASA Focuses on Climate, Naming Earth-Systems Expert as Chief Scientist
JAN 21, 2022
Granholm tours carbon capture plant on Dec. 9
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DOE Stands Up Clean Technology Demonstration Office
JAN 13, 2022
Jennifer Granholm announces third Earthshot
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‘Earthshots’ Guide Intensifying DOE Efforts in Technology Development
DEC 08, 2021
Pelosi signs Infrastructure Act
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New Infrastructure Law to Provide Billions to Energy Technology Projects
NOV 09, 2021
Biden at the UN
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Biden Pushes Technology Goals on International Stage
OCT 01, 2021
President Joe Biden signs 17 executive orders on Inauguration Day in the Oval Office.
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Biden Completing Opening Moves in Climate Strategy
MAY 25, 2021
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Congress Revisits Case for a Federal Climate Service
APR 29, 2021
President Biden delivers a speech on pandemic recovery in March. (Image credit – Adam Schultz / The White House)
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Biden Proposes R&D Surge in First Budget Request
APR 12, 2021
The 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines injected aerosols into the stratosphere.
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Academies Panel Proposes Cautious Geoengineering Research Initiative
APR 02, 2021
Accompanied by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and other lawmakers, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) celebrates the passage of the American Rescue Plan Act, a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill.
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Democrats Refining Strategy for Potential R&D Blitz
MAR 18, 2021
President Trump receives a briefing on the track of Hurricane Dorian from Neil Jacobs, the acting head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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Science Policy Under Trump: A Look Back
FEB 03, 2021
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Science Policy in 2021: 10 Stories to Watch
JAN 22, 2021
Then-EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy and Secretary of State John Kerry in 2015. They will respectively serve as top advisors on domestic and international climate policy in the Biden administration.
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Biden Builds Out Administration-Wide Climate Team
JAN 14, 2021
The Petra Nova carbon capture demonstration facility
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Congress Sets New Goals for DOE Technology Programs
JAN 12, 2021
Jennifer Granholm at DOE
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Biden Picks Former Gov. Jennifer Granholm for Energy Secretary
DEC 18, 2020
A wind research buoy recently deployed off the coast of California by researchers at Pacific Northwest National Lab. 
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House Stakes Out Energy R&D Priorities With Major Policy Bill
OCT 14, 2020
An Air Force Arctic Survival School instructor at Eielson Air Force Base
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FY21 NDAA: Environmental Resilience, STEM Workforce, and Defense Research Proposals
SEP 22, 2020
Water vapor from an atmospheric river that extends from Hawaii to the U.S. West Coast, known as the "Pineapple Express," imaged by the GOES 11 satellite.
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NSF Seeks ‘Systems Approach’ to Earth Science
AUG 28, 2020
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) speaks with presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden at a campaign event in Detroit, Michigan, in March. Yesterday, Biden officially announced that Harris would be his vice presidential running mate. 
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Biden and Harris Envision Ambitious R&D and Climate Action
AUG 13, 2020
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House Democrats Release Expansive Climate Crisis Action Plan
JUL 09, 2020
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US Looks to Probe Limits of Earth System Predictability
JUN 18, 2020
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chair Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) urges her colleagues to advance the American Energy Innovation Act
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Marquee Energy Innovation Bill Stumbles on Senate Floor
MAR 12, 2020
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AGU Calls for Action on ‘Climate Crisis’
JAN 08, 2020
House Armed Services Committee Chair Adam Smith (D-WA) discusses the National Defense Authorization Act on the floor of the House.
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Congress Passes National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
DEC 20, 2019
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Factors Influencing Public Trust in Science Explored at MIT Conference
DEC 06, 2019
Former Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz speaking at an event on the commercial scalability of carbon dioxide removal technologies.
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Moniz Making Case for $11 Billion Carbon Removal Initiative
NOV 14, 2019
Kelvin Droegemeier
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OSTP Director Details R&D Priorities for Trump’s Next Budget Request
SEP 05, 2019
The National Broadband Interoperability Test Bed
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020: House and Senate Proposals
AUG 13, 2019
Kelvin Droegemeier testifying before the House Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations Subcommittee on July 24. (Image credit – House Appropriations Committee)
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Appropriators Query OSTP Head on Pressing Science Policy Concerns
AUG 02, 2019
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Geoscientists Call for Reinforcing Glacier and Ice Sheet Research
JUL 24, 2019
Flooding at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska in March 2019.
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Congress Pressing DOD to Prepare for Climate Change
JUN 19, 2019
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An Interview with OSTP Director Kelvin Droegemeier
APR 30, 2019