Participating in events like the Rally to
Stand Up for Science in Boston earlier this month is just one way that scientists can engage on policy issues.
-LSB-...] off to Prof. Roger Pileke Jr, who has followed Steve McIntyre's lead in
standing up for science in the face of continued lies and scientific fraud.
Not exact matches
Standing up for science: A new front has opened
in the public relations war over GM crops.
«I think there's a role
for that
in American politics, to
stand up for science.
Nutt seems an ideal role model
for aspiring scientist - advocates,
standing up for rational, practical,
science - driven approaches to policy
in place of the much more common moralistic, ideology - driven approach.
The event is an outgrowth of a global movement meant to draw attention to the value of
science and to encourage scientists around the world to
stand up for science and commit to a renewed focus and active participation
in communication and advocacy activities.
I'd also like to see a commitment from governments to support research across the disciplines, and from researchers
in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics to
stand up for social scientists and humanities scholars who find themselves under attack
in the media or through reductions
in research funding.
«It's going to be critically important
for researchers to
stand up for science,» says Jennifer Zeitzer, director of legislative Relations at the Federation of American Societies
for Experimental Biology
in Bethesda, Maryland.
At the American Geophysical Union meeting
in San Francisco on 13 December, researchers participated
in a «
stand up for science» rally held near the convention centre.
Much
in the spirit of the Fraser Institute's damp squib we reported on last year, S. Fred Singer and his merry band of contrarian luminaries (financed by the notorious «Heartland Institute» we've commented on previously) served
up a similarly dishonest «assessment» of the
science of climate change earlier this year
in the form of what they call the «NIPCC» report (the «N» presumably
standing for «not the» or «nonsense»).
Accompanied by UCSF Chancellor Sam Hawgood and other local leaders, Williams took part
in «
Stand Up for Science,» a rally co-hosted by Gladstone, UCSF, and the California Life Sciences Association (CLSA).
The American Association of University Women (AAUW) published a series of studies
in the 1990s called Shortchanging Girls, Shortchanging America, which highlighted the fact that girls aged 9 to 15 suffered from lower self - esteem, less willingness to
stand up for their views with teachers, and lower interest
in science and mathematics than boys.
A Spiritual Journey March 2, Starting: 07:00 PM Kauffman Center
for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64108 Ganja White Night March 2 Arvest Bank Theatre at the Midland, 1228 Main St., Kansas City, MO 64105 Lorde March 3, 7 pm Sprint Center, 1407 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64105 Lyric Opera of Kansas City presents Rigoletto March 3 - March 11 Kauffman Center
for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64108 Kansas City Symphony Family Concert: The
Science of Sound with
Science City?s STEAM Team March 4, Starting: 02:00 PM Kauffman Center
for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64108 AWOLNATION March 4 Arvest Bank Theatre at the Midland, 1228 Main St., Kansas City, MO 64105 National Geographic Live - Cristina Mittermeier:
Standing at the Water's Edge March 6, From: 07:30 PM to 09:30 PM Kauffman Center
for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64108 National Geographic Live - Cristina Mittermeier, Marine Biologist & Photographer
Standing at the Water's Edge March 6 Kauffman Center
for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64108 Big 12 Men?s Basketball Championship Recurring daily, March 7 - March 10 Sprint Center, 1407 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64105 Kansas City Symphony presents Classics Uncorked: At the Movies March 8, Starting: 07:00 PM Kauffman Center
for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64108 The Kansas City Jazz Orchestra - Lady Be Good - Celebrating Women
in Jazz March 9, 8 pm Kauffman Center
for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64108 Brookside St. Patrick's Day Warm -
up Parade March 10, 2:00 pm Brookside Shopping District, 63rd St. & Wornall Rd., Kansas City, MO 64113 Kansas City's Big 12 Run March 10 12th Street & Grand Blvd., Kansas City, MO 2018 Snake Saturday Parade March 10 - March 11, 11 am Downtown North Kansas City, 320 Armour Road, North Kansas City, MO 64116 The Music of Prince with the Kansas City Symphony March 10, Starting: 08:00 PM Kauffman Center
for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64108 Above & Beyond March 13 Arvest Bank Theatre at the Midland, 1228 Main St., Kansas City, MO 64105 NAIA 81st Annual Mens Basketball Championship Recurring daily, March 14 - March 20, Kansas City Convention & Entertainment Facilties, 301 W 13th St., Kansas City, MO 64105 Gloria Trevi and Alejandra Guzmán?s March 14 Sprint Center, 1407 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64105 Excision March 14 Arvest Bank Theatre at the Midland, 1228 Main St., Kansas City, MO 64105 Kansas City Symphony - Charles and Virginia Clark Inside Music Series: Joyce DiDonato, Mezzo - Soprano March 15, Starting: 06:30 PM Kauffman Center
for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64108 Pink March 15 Sprint Center, 1407 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64105 Sara Evans - All The Love Tour, featuring RaeLynn and Kalie Shorr March 15, From: 07:30 PM to 10:30 PM Kauffman Center
for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64108 2018 Mecum High Performance Auction Recurring daily, March 16 - March 17, Gates open 8 am Kansas City Convention & Entertainment Facilties, 301 W 13th St., Kansas City, MO 64105
Climate scientists — particularly Jim Hansen — and pro-nuclear environmentalists will deserve credit
for standing up for the
science against the anti-nuclear lobby not just
in Albany but also Springfield, Sacramento and Washington, D.C.
«I've been working
in climate
science for 25 years now, and every few months someone (often they are engineers) comes
up with a supposed bombshell refutation of human - caused global warming - none of this has ever
stood up to scientific scrutiny.
In the meantime, we will continue to
stand up for the credibility of climate
science, the freedom of scientists to conduct and communicate their science... U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and Technology issued a misleading press r
science, the freedom of scientists to conduct and communicate their
science... U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and Technology issued a misleading press r
science... U.S. House of Representatives Committee on
Science, Space, and Technology issued a misleading press r
Science, Space, and Technology issued a misleading press release.
In the meantime, we will continue to
stand up for the credibility of climate
science, the freedom of scientists to conduct and communicate their
science.»
By participating fully at this stage, our opposition front will have
standing for solid recourse should the Trump Administration's proposed program still contain waters off from coasts, where
science and data concur with the massive outpouring of Americans who are rising
up from every walk of life to demand government accountability
in moving away from fossil fuels and toward a renewable energy future.
A meeting of the American Geophysical Union took place this past week — it's the largest scientific conference
in the United States — and it was a great moment
for scientists to come together, share research and
stand up for the value of
science.
He describes how Penny Wong, the Labor Party senator
for South Australia and minister
for climate change
in the Julia Gillard government, would «
stand up in the Senate and say «The
science is settled».
I am especially eager to hear from Mann, Jones, and crew as they
stand up for truth
in climate
science and «climate
science communications.»
A fascinating exercise
for any objective reporter to undertake would be to ask the student to cite actual physical evidence (full context document scans, undercover video / audio transcripts, leaked emails, money - transfer receipts, etc.) proving skeptic scientists were paid to fabricate demonstratively false
science papers, reports, assessments or viewpoints — material that could
stand up in a courtroom evidentiary hearing proving a pay -
for - performance arrangement exists.
On the opening morning of the inaugural National Adaptation Forum, I was eating breakfast at a
stand -
up table
in the exhibition hall when a mustachioed man of middle age plopped his cherry Danish next to my pile of conference literature, a mess of pamphlets and reports with titles likeGetting Climate Smart: A Water Preparedness Guide
for State Action, and Successful Adaptation: Linking
Science and Policy
in a Rapidly Changing World.
Dutcher and his fellow climate scientists
in Nebraska are
standing up for science after the state legislature passed a misguided bill commissioning a state climate - change impact study that precludes scientists from addressing human activity's role
in global warming.