November 10, 2026
AGU joins letter urging robust funding for USGS in FY27
On 9 November 2026, AGU joined a coalition letter urging appropriations leadership in the House and Senate to support the highest possible funding in FY27 for the U.S. Geological Survey. The USGS provides objective, non-regulatory scientific information that protects lives and safeguards property, supports economic development, enhances natural resource management, and strengthens national security across every state. As an agency with no operational stake in the outcomes its data …
AGU joins letter asking Congress to pass key hazards legislation
On 9 November 2026, AGU sent a letter to Congressional leadership urging immediate passage of five bipartisan natural hazards bills. With the 119th Congress nearing its close, we write on behalf of the undersigned organizations to request prompt and final passage of the bipartisan natural hazards reauthorization bills that remain before you: H.R. 5089 / S. 3923, Weather Act Reauthorization Act H.R. 3168 / S. 320, National Earthquake Hazards Reduction …
AGU joins letter urging Congressional action on OMB rule
AGU joined a coalition letter to Congress requesting they protect their authority on federal spending and conduct oversight of any agency action that mirror or advance OMB’s proposed rule on federal financial assistance. The undersigned organizations write to ask Congress to protect its constitutional authority over federal spending as the executive branch is actively overriding this authority despite recently passed legislation explicitly setting out congressional intent. Agencies are moving to …
AGU joins coalition letter requesting DOE Office of Science Funding
On 21 September, AGU joined the Energy Sciences Coalition letter to Energy Secretary Chris Wright, Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought, and Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Michael Kratsios requesting $10B in Fiscal Year 2028 funding for the Department of Energy Office of Science. As you prepare the fiscal year (FY) 2028 budget request to Congress, the Energy Sciences Coalition (ESC) urges you to request no …
November 5, 2026
AGU joins coalition letter expressing concern for research funding distribution at NASA
AGU joined a coalition letter t0 the NASA administrator expressing concern over research funding at NASA. We, the undersigned coalition of organizations, write to you today to jointly present and express our concerns regarding the Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Science (ROSES) solicitations. Our organizations represent tens of thousands of scientific researchers and supporters who contribute to and benefit from the efforts of the NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD). …
October 30, 2026
Join AGU Science Policy at AGU26 in San Francisco
AGU is thrilled to be back in San Francisco and bring you some exciting and informative science policy programming at this year’s annual meeting. Whether you’re new to science policy or are looking to start a policy career, we have a session for you. This year, all our core programming will take place in AGU Central’s theater space, located in the exhibit hall. Sessions will be 45 minutes long. Presenters …
August 27, 2026
NCAR, OMB, and the Power of 30,000 Voices
By: Caitlin Bergstrom This year, our community has stepped up to provide critical feedback on several proposed regulations and calls for public comment. It has been a difficult eighteen months for the science community, with rapid divestments in science research causing uncertainty for both individuals conducting research and the vital research our scientists do. Utilizing our online action campaigns and our deep network of grassroots advocates, we have generated more …
Wins, Losses, and Why We Keep Showing Up
By: Lexi Shultz In 2026, AGU’s Science Policy & Government Relations team continued our “Days of Action” initiative to empower our science community to push back against a variety of systemic assaults on the federal science enterprise. This year alone, we’ve seen the U.S. Administration work to shut down critical ocean and atmospheric scientific infrastructure, block congressionally mandated funding from being spent on Earth and space science grants, eliminate government …
August 25, 2026
Growing a Global Bench of Science Advocates
By: Liz Landau I am incredibly proud of AGU’s global science policy expansion during the first half of 2026. Our current global Voices for Science cohort is our largest yet, with 14 folks from Africa, Asia, Europe, and more coming together to learn and grow their science policy and communications skills. AGU is supporting them through initiatives such as the science diplomacy panel we hosted in April, where experts from …
Defending Science, One Voice at a Time
By: Michael Villafranca Protecting NCAR When the Trump Administration announced plans to dismantle NCAR in December, AGU’s SPGR team moved quickly. Within weeks, we had launched grassroots tools that generated 36,000 emails and more than 2,300 phone calls to Congress, coordinated with partner societies behind a joint letter to the White House, and submitted a formal organizational response to NSF—all while providing individual members a direct channel to submit their …
