by Brock Hall | Feb 21, 2019 | Environment, Topics
The recent government shutdown’s effect on climate research could have unfortunate consequences in the near future, according to climate scientists. All but one of the 200 researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration were furloughed for 35 days,...
by Brock Hall | Feb 15, 2019 | Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — Constitutional law scholars say President Donald Trump’s emergency declaration to fund a border wall stands on shaky legal authority, but they are divided on his chances of persuading the courts to let it stand. The declaration, announced on...
by Brock Hall | Feb 14, 2019 | National Security, Science + Technology, Topics
WASHINGTON — Experts and officials told lawmakers Thursday it’s important to share information among government agencies to protect the nation’s infrastructure from cybersecurity threats. They addressed the issue Thursday in a hearing of the Senate...
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by Brock Hall | Feb 14, 2019 | Environment, Topics
Democrats on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee invited experts on Wednesday to lay out climate change concerns before their sometimes skeptical Republican colleagues in the panel’s first hearing of the new Congress. “Climate change is real,” said...
by Brock Hall | Feb 6, 2019 | Politics
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump used his second State of the Union address on Tuesday to call for a bipartisan plan to rebuild the nation’s infrastructure. “Both parties should be able to unite for a great rebuilding of America’s crumbling infrastructure,”...
