Tag: Trump administration
The sage grouse isn’t just a bird – it’s a proxy...
John Freemuth, Boise State University
The Trump administration is clashing with conservation groups and others over protection for the greater sage grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus), a...
Why the EPA’s ‘secret science’ proposal alarms public health experts
Bernard Goldstein, University of Pittsburgh
Later this month, the EPA could finalize a controversial rule to limit what scientific research the agency can use in...
The GOP’s poor arguments for doubling down on SNAP’s work requirements
Patricia Smith, University of Michigan
Republicans aim to tighten the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program’s work requirements as part of the farm bill Congress is debating.
These...
What torching Iran deal says about US commitment to nuclear security
Scott L. Montgomery, University of Washington
President Donald Trump pulling the U.S. out of the Iran nuclear deal flies in the face of hundreds of...
America’s petty policy on used clothes for Africa
Garth Frazer, University of Toronto
Fostering international development has long been viewed as central to the moral, humanitarian, strategic and security interests of the United...
Trump’s exports-good, imports-bad trade policy, debunked by an economist
Ian Sheldon, The Ohio State University
President Donald Trump’s trade policy leaves international economists like me scratching our heads.
His apparent desire to start a...
The Trump administration’s new migratory bird policy undermines a century of...
Amanda Rodewald, Cornell University
The Trump administration has announced a position on protecting migratory birds that is a drastic pullback from policies in force for...
Buried, altered, silenced: 4 ways government climate information has changed since...
Morgan Currie, Stanford University and Britt S. Paris, University of California, Los Angeles
After Donald Trump won the presidential election, hundreds of volunteers around the...
