In this Bridge post, continued from our FY25 Appropriations Overview Part 1 blog, we’ll cover the House’s Interior-Environment, Energy-Water, and Labor-Health and Human Services (HHS) spending bills for fiscal year (FY) 2025—detailing relevant funding levels and sharing committee report highlights that impact the Earth and space sciences.   House Interior-Environment Appropriations bill and accompanying report.   United States Geological Survey (USGS)   FY2024 President’s Budget Request FY2025 AGU Request FY2025 … The post FY25 Appropriations overview part 2: House spending numb ..read more

The recent United States Supreme Court decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo has profound implications for the Earth and space sciences. The 6-3 decision overturned the 1984 case of Chevron USA v. Natural Resources Defense Council, effectively ending a 40-year-old precedent of deferring to the expertise of U.S. federal agencies when interpreting ambiguous language in congressional legislation. The so-called “Chevron deference” allowed agency scientists to use their knowledge of scientific discoveries … The post Science and the Future of the Courts appeared first on AGU Blogosphere ..read more

On Tuesday, 9 July the full House Appropriations Committee marked up their Commerce-Justice-Science, Interior and Environment, and Energy and Water spending bills for fiscal year (FY) 2025. These bills collectively set the spending amounts for U.S. federal science agencies, including NASA, NOAA, NSF, USGS, EPA, the Department of Energy. Under the Fiscal Responsibility Act, Congress established spending caps for fiscal years 2024 and 2025. The Act allows only a 1% … The post FY25 Appropriations overview part 1: House spending numbers mark weak support for science appeared first on AGU Blogosphe ..read more

On 9 July, AGU joined nearly 200 organizations in sending a letter to House Appropriations leadership expressing concern over proposed cuts to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor- HHS).   We, the undersigned organizations, are writing to share our opposition to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor- HHS) Appropriations bill as currently … The post AGU joins letter opposing FY25 Labor, Health and Human Services cuts appeared first on AGU Blogosphere ..read more

On 25 June, AGU joined 1050 organizations asking leadership in Congress to reject proposed funding cuts for FY25.    The 1,050 undersigned organizations—which represent the full breadth of investments that support all of America, every day—call on Congress to reject arbitrary and damaging funding levels for Fiscal Year 2025 and, at the very least, to fully appropriate the necessary non-defense discretionary (NDD) funds to keep pace with rising costs and … The post AGU joins letter calling on Congress to reject FY25 budget cuts appeared first on AGU Blogosphere ..read more

On 20 June 2024, AGU joined other organizations sending a letter to leaders of the appropriations committees in the House and the Senate requesting funding for two LC-130J airplanes needed for research operations in the Arctic and Antarctic.    As you advance fiscal year (FY) 2025 appropriations, we urge you to fund procurement of two LC-130J airplanes in the Defense Appropriations bill. These airplanes are critically needed to safeguard U.S. … The post AGU joins letter requesting planes needed for Arctic and Antarctic research appeared first on AGU Blogosphere ..read more

With deep sadness and an appreciation for enormous contributions to the Earth and space sciences, AGU shares news of the loss of one of our esteemed, much-loved colleagues, Harihar Rajaram. An AGU Fellow and longtime affiliate of the Hydrology Section, Dr. Rajaram was the Editor-in-Chief of Geophysical Research Letters (GRL) since 2019, a reviewer on Water Resources Research (WRR), and served on the AGU Publications Committee. Hari had a boundless energy. His thoughtfulness, diligence, dedication, sense … The post In Memoriam: Harihar Rajaram appeared first on AGU ..read more

Letícia Santos de Lima, Ph.D is a Brazilian environmental scientist currently based in Barcelona. She is an environmental engineer by training and holds a PhD degree in Geography, spending her career developing a very interdisciplinary profile. Twitter/X handle: @Leticia_StLima LinkedIn handle:  Leticiaslima Website: https://leticialima.weebly.com/outreach.html   Tell us about yourself! Career level when you started the Voices program and where you are now, where is your work based? What is your … The post Voices for Science Spotlight: Letícia Santos de Lima and her work in the Amazo ..read more

Meet the 2024 Voices for Science Global Cohort!   The post Meet the 2024 Voices for Science Global Cohort appeared first on AGU Blogosphere ..read more

I’m walking the hallways of the Cannon House Office Building, one of the three main buildings that houses offices for members of the U.S. House of Representatives. Walking beside me are Erika Jarvis and Melissa Zamora, both of whom are using science to fight for better environmental health for their local communities in Ohio and Texas, respectively. That’s what drew them here today, to walk the halls of Congress with … The post Supporting science that saves lives and improves environmental health: a day of advocacy on Capitol Hill appeared first on AGU Blogosphere ..read more