That's a wrap!
- 50 hours of science + calling Congress
- 300 letters given to Congress after a 250-mile walk
We provided the templates and our viewers and supporters injected their voices.
And like last year, we feel so uplifted by our community.
Thank you for spending your time with us
"This is not a routine regulatory update...What it actually does is restructure the foundational rules of US science funding—with cascading impact for global collaborators—to serve political priorities rather than the public good." [email protected] Pres. Brandon Jones.
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The planned gas-fired capacity **JUST FOR DATA CENTRE ON-SITE USE** in the US is the same as *all* planned gas capacity in India, Africa, Latin America, Southeast Asia, Japan, Korea and China *combined*.
Scroll down and you'll see a picture of our walk team- we stopped in on our way to Capitol Hill
We really appreciate what these folks are doing to make something that feels huge and abstract into something tangible, that lets you see and interact with the impacts of climate change on human life
Watch @agu.org leadership comment on the state of U.S. science here.
"It's more important than ever to celebrate our community and what we accomplish," Zaitchik added. "Understandably, the stress is affecting people... But if we can just remind ourselves of how strong we are as a group... I think that's going to be vital."
Jones responded to a Q about how science policy changes have emotionally affected scientists.
"It does have an impact on you," he said. "But what I've seen time and time again over these past 16, 17 months is that people here at AGU & other organizations... have just decided: We're going to fight."