Tag: federal budget
What Trump’s budget proposal says about his environmental values
Stan Meiburg, Wake Forest University and Janet McCabe, Indiana University
To understand the federal government’s true priorities, follow the...
Forest Service warns of budget cuts ahead of a risky wildfire...
Camille Stevens-Rumann, Colorado State University and Jude Bayham, Colorado State University
A wet winter and spring followed by a...
Getting Social Security on a more stable path is hard but...
Andrew Rettenmaier, Texas A&M University and Dennis W. Jansen, Texas A&M University
Social Security is in trouble.
I helped balance the federal budget in the 1990s – here’s...
Linda J. Bilmes, Harvard Kennedy School
Kevin McCarthy reportedly promised many things to Republican hardliners en route to clinching...
A perfect storm of factors is making wildfires bigger and more...
Cassandra Moseley, University of Oregon
Hopes for fewer large wildfires in 2018, after last year’s disastrous fire season, are rapidly disappearing across the West. Six...
Spiraling wildfire fighting costs are largely beyond the Forest Service’s control
Cassandra Moseley, University of Oregon
Just six months after the devastating Thomas Fire – the largest blaze in California’s history – was fully contained, the...
Why Trump’s infrastructure ambitions are likely to stall
Caroline Nowacki, Stanford University and Kate Gasparro, Stanford University
President Donald Trump recently raised the ante with his promise to unleash a wave of new...
Shutdown under a unified government? Blame Trump
Jennifer Victor, George Mason University
Government shutdowns are rare.
This one is unique because the U.S. has never before experienced a shutdown under a unified...
EXPLORING NATURE
‘Space tornadoes’ could cause geomagnetic storms – but these phenomena, spun...
Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti, University of Michigan and Ward B. (Chip) Manchester, University of Michigan
Weather forecasting is a powerful tool....
