Prof of Human Ecology @Rutgers. Co-Chair, IPBES Nexus Assessment, Ecosystems chapter lead NCA5 & IPCC author. Kansas/Oxford/Yale Alum. She/her. Brunch-eater. Mom. Working at science-policy interface to find solutions to biodiversity + climate crises 🌎☀️🐢
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The Planetary Society built an interactive side-by-side "track changes" comparison for the proposed OMB rules. They show exactly what the current rules say versus what the proposed rules would change, section by section, across all *399* affected provisions.
dashboards.planetary.org/rules-change/ 🧪🔭
Environmental damage: global data centers used 448 trillion watt-hours of electricity, more than all but 10 countries of the world apnews.com/article/ai-d...
The plan from the government to use politics to pick winners in R&D affects way more than just science. I talked about the way it affects environmental research, and how it would stop our understanding of how vulnerable communities are affected by pollution: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Biodiversity chapter of Fifth National Climate Assessment that I led noted North Atlantic Right Whales as key species already vulnerable & further endangered by #climatechange Glad to see so many working on saving these amazing creatures- another example of why we need federal investment in science!
Rutgers has played a key role in the OOI since inception-horrible to see such a fundamental monitoring system being demolished for no reason. Perhaps Congress might like to weigh in on the waste of money if we tear down something we already built? www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/c...
Easy to miss this in all the other bad news for climate and science this week. Can't even report on GHGs in the US, let alone regulate them apparently. apnews.com/article/sec-...
If this OMB rule goes through, it is not hyperbole to say that US scientific research on climate change (of which the federal government has been largest funder) will come to a screeching halt. Political appointees will be able to cancel ANY grant on disfavored topics www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/u...
Calling all scientists! If you are interested in action against the proposed OMB rule that would politicize all federal science grants, please join the Stand up for Science call this week! events.standupforscience.net/stand-up-for...
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Scientists live-streaming for 50 hours to highlight the importance of science to society and warning that cutting funds for research has dangerous consequences: www.youtube.com/@wclivestrea...
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OMB’s latest proposed rule, “Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance,” would place political ideologues over scientific experts in federal research funding decisions. Say goodbye to cancer treatme...
An emerging field of research that can measure how much climate change has worsened individual disasters is under attack by friends of the fossil fuel industry. Billions of dollars are at stake.
In the latest action to undo Biden-era regulations on climate change, the Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed repealing a rule that requires some public companies to report their greenhous...
“What OMB is proposing is not a reform of grants management,” Elizabeth Ginexi, a former program officer at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), writes in a Substack post. “It is a vehicle for complete political control of science … ” www.science.org/content/arti...
The Trump administration’s proposal to tighten political control over federal grants would hinder research, experts say.
