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July 22, 2024
FY25 Appropriations overview part 1: House spending numbers mark weak support for science
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% …
July 2, 2024
Voices for Science Spotlight: Letícia Santos de Lima and her work in the Amazon
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 …
July 1, 2024
Meet the 2024 Voices for Science Global Cohort
Meet the 2024 Voices for Science Global Cohort!
May 22, 2024
2024 Voices for Science Cohort
We are pleased to welcome the 2024-2025 Voices for Science Cohort! Click each image to learn more about our participants.
February 6, 2024
2023 Year-End AGU Legislative Report
2023 was one of the least productive Congressional years in decades. However, the AGU science policy community remained active, engaged, and ambitious! Learn more about AGU’s science policy and government relations programs, activities, and accomplishments by reading our year in review. The report is divided into four sections. In the first section, Amplify the voices of the Earth and space science community, you’ll read about AGU’s work to …
January 5, 2024
Reflections from the AAAS’ Catalyzing Advocacy in Science and Engineering Workshop, 2023
Madeline Nyblade, a PhD Candidate at University of Minnesota – Twin Cities, was sponsored by AGU in 2023 to attend the AAAS Catalyzing Advocacy in Science and Engineering Workshop with Washington DC. AGU is proud to sponsor one student member to participate in the AAAS CASE Workshop again in 2024. We are particularly seeking students with strong interest but limited experience and knowledge of science policy and advocacy, and who …
August 14, 2023
August Legislative Update and Engagement Opportunities
August recess is the time for members of Congress to travel back to their districts and states. This is an opportune time for members of Congress to engage with constituents and see how their congressional office can be of any resource, assistance, or guidance to you. Here are three great ways to engage with your legislators and their staff: 1. Invite them to visit your lab, field site, or institution especially …
May 12, 2023
Water on the Global Scale: 2023 UN Water Conference
Abbey Sisti is a PhD candidate at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science. Her research explores the effects of climate change related conditions on marine invertebrates. As a scientist funded by federal grants, Abbey is passionate about putting the best available science in front of decision makers in a form that is digestible and relevant for public policy and regulation. Last month, the United Nations did something it hadn’t …
November 28, 2022
CSLDF at the 2022 AGU Fall Meeting
The Climate Science Legal Defense Fund (CSLDF) and AGU work together to help geoscientists understand their legal rights and responsibilities—knowledge that’s an essential part of every researcher’s professional development. This year, we’re offering a range of events at AGU’s 2022 Fall Meeting. Whether you’re actively involved in scientific and political activism or curious about how scientists can be involved in government rulemaking, we encourage you to participate in these events …
July 27, 2022
AGU sends letter of Support for CHIPS innovation package to Congress
On 27 July 2022, AGU sent a letter to leadership in the House of Representatives supporting the CHIPS+ innovation package and highlighting AGU priorities included in the bill. As Congress prepares to vote on the CHIPS + Act, we want to thank Congress for including several critical pieces of bipartisan legislation of priority to the American Geophysical Union (AGU) and our community of 130,000 in the Earth and space …
