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A Project 2025 fan at the 2023 Iowa State Fair
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Project 2025 Outlines Possible Future for Science Agencies
NOV 20, 2024
President Donald Trump on the White House grounds in 2020.
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Science Policy Outlook for the Second Trump Presidency
NOV 14, 2024
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DOE, EPA Announce $850 Million for Methane Emissions Monitoring and Mitigation
JUN 28, 2024
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Federal ‘Brain Drain’ Examined by Science Committee
MAR 30, 2021
Andrew Wheeler
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Court Scraps Rule Restricting EPA’s Use of Science
FEB 08, 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
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EPA Transparency Rule Revision Fails to Allay Critics
MAY 14, 2020
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Science Committee Renews Scrutiny of EPA Science Transparency Rule
NOV 20, 2019
A recent GAO report finds that after President Trump’s inauguration the proportion of academics on EPA’s Science Advisory Board decreased from 77% to 50%, while the proportion on EPA’s Board of Scientific Counselors dropped from 65% to 20%. No comparable shift occurred during the early months of the Obama administration. (Image credit – GAO)
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EPA Advisory Panel Changes Split Science Committee
JUL 30, 2019
Rep. Paul Tonko
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Politics and Scientific Integrity Clash at House Hearing
JUL 19, 2019

Congressional Leaders

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Mike Simpson
Chair
House Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee
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Chellie Pingree
Ranking Member
House Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee
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Jeff Merkley
Chair
Senate Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee
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Lisa Murkowski
Ranking Member
Senate Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee
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Cathy McMorris Rodgers
Chair
House Energy and Commerce Committee
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Frank Pallone
Ranking Member
House Energy and Commerce Committee
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Thomas Carper
Chair
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
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Shelley Moore Capito
Ranking Member
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee

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Air Traffic Noise and Pollution Expert Consensus Act of 2024
NOV 12, 2024 – Introduced in Senate
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Standardized Calculation of Operational Polluting Emissions (SCOPE) Act
AUG 06, 2024 – Introduced in House
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Removing Emissions to Mend Our Vulnerable Earth (REMOVE) Act
JUL 30, 2024 – Introduced in House
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Artificial Intelligence Environmental Impacts Act of 2024
FEB 01, 2024 – Introduced in House
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Artificial Intelligence Environmental Impacts Act of 2024
FEB 01, 2024 – Introduced in Senate
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Carbon Dioxide Removal Research and Development Act of 2023
SEP 14, 2023 – Introduced in Senate
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