Tag: Donald Trump
Will Obama’s offshore drilling ban be Trumped?
Patrick Parenteau, Vermont Law School
President Obama gave environmental advocates a Christmas present when he announced in late December that he was banning oil and...
How does a US president settle on his science policy?
Kelly Sims Gallagher, Tufts University
One of the president’s most important responsibilities is fostering science, technology and innovation in the U.S. economy. The relationship between...
Can legal activist Scott Pruitt undo clean air and water protections...
Robert Percival, University of Maryland, Baltimore
Donald Trump’s election has jolted environmentalists and voters who care about conservation. Trump has called for abolishing or greatly...
Will Trump victory make Angela Merkel leader of the free world?
Johanna Schuster-Craig, Michigan State University
After the election of Donald Trump, commentators have argued that German Chancellor Angela Merkel may become the leader of the...
Why President-elect Trump doesn’t think he has a conflict of interest...
Elizabeth C. Tippett, University of Oregon
President-elect Trump will face an array of conflicts of interest when he takes office. These conflicts are not minor...
10 ways the tech industry and the media helped create President...
Damian Radcliffe, University of Oregon
Three weeks after Donald Trump won a historic victory to become the 45th president of the United States, the media...
How Trump’s deportation plan threatens America’s food and wine supply
Justine Vanden Heuvel, Cornell University and Mary Jo Dudley, Cornell University
Mass deportations of up to three million undocumented immigrants are expected to begin in...
Trump’s Carrier coup reveals credibility gap between Twitter rhetoric and economic...
Wesley Widmaier, Griffith University
In a political coup, President-elect Donald Trump says that his transition team has struck a deal with Carrier’s Indianapolis plant to...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
