Sentences with phrase «concerned scientists»

Another congressman seemed to be on a witch hunt by aggressively asking a panel witness to prove that he wasn't part of the union of concerned scientists.

Because this was a much larger number of fatalities than usual, and due to the blue whale's endangered status, this greatly concerned scientists.

University of Virginia Climate Science Watch joined the American Association of University Professors, the American Geophysical Union, and the Union of Concerned Scientists in calling on the University of Virginia to revise an agreement that would needlessly and inappropriately give... Continue reading →

Tidal flooding may worsen to the point of rendering some sections of cities in coastal areas unusable in the not - so - distant future, the Union of Concerned Scientists said in a recent report.

«Such a missile would have more than enough range to reach Washington, D.C., and in fact any part of the continental United States,» Wright wrote in a blog post for the Union for Concerned Scientists.

by the Union of Concerned Scientists called Smoke, Mirrors and Hot Air: how Exxonmobil uses big tobacco to manufacture uncertainty on climate science, Michaels is connected to no less than 11 think tanks and associations that have received money from oil - giant ExxonMobil to sow doubt about the realities of human - induced global warming.

And the Union of Concerned Scientists releases a report about the misleading coverage of climate science at Fox News and The Wall Street Journal

Get the Executive Summary of the Union of Concerned Scientists report on the NRC and U.S. nuclear safety in 2013 here.

The article quotes Elliott Negin of the Union of Concerned Scientists who says, «They're presenting themselves as a neutral, fact - based public interest group when they're not.»

In December 2013, a national survey by the Union of Concerned Scientists found 25 percent of American households could meet their daily driving needs with an electric car, so despite a limited selection thus far, we thought we'd ask.

A study from the Union of Concerned Scientists shows that genetically engineered crops do not produce larger harvests.

The Union of Concerned Scientists put together a list of the top technology trends they found at the recent Los Angeles Auto Show.

Climate scientists including James Hansen, along with other concerned scientists, conservationists, and environmentalists have urged Governor Jerry Brown and other California leaders to keep the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant online and consider the environmental implications if it closes.

The science advocacy group the Union of Concerned Scientist also annotated the letter to point out its errors.

The Committee of Concerned Scientists Petition for the release of Drs. Haberal and Hilmioglu from prison in Turkey November 26, 2011

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And, although the Union of Concerned Scientists receives most of their funding from member donations and fees, they also receive funds and grants from several large foundations (Web archive) that explicitly regard reducing the effects of man - made global warming as top priorities.

What concerns scientists is that BPA may mimic the natural female sex hormone estradiol.

The Union of Concerned Scientists supports continued federal incentives for research for a limited number of full - scale integrated CCS demonstration projects, alongside private sector efforts.

«Coal plants totaling capacity of 13,700 MW were among the plants that failed to operate because of inadequate protection of key components from freezing temperatures» during a cold weather period in January 2014, the Union of Concerned Scientists noted in its filing with FERC.

Groups such as the Union of Concerned Scientists responded with fact sheets explaining the difference between climate and weather.

It was then that she saw how the issues concerning scientists, economists and environmentalists weren't being communicated effectively to «regular people.»

Two years after those comments, Stern and a team of concerns scientists sent a proposal to change the definition of what a plant is to the International Astronomical Union (IAU).

The Union of Concerned Scientists estimates that electric vehicle drivers use 6,100 fewer gallons of gas for a savings of $ 13,000.

It's great to see the Union of Concerned Scientists offering nonpartisan criticism of elected officials for distorting — in both directions — what's known about the role of human - driven global warming on several fronts, from tornado ferocity to hurricane losses.

Meanwhile a recent report from the Union of Concerned Scientists entitled Halfway There suggests that reforming the entire land use sector, including croplands, forestry, pastures and restoring degraded lands could deliver half of the emissions cuts needed to keep warming below 2 degrees centigrade.

In a 2007 report, the Union of Concerned Scientists described the GMI as a «clearinghouse for global warming contrarians» funded by Exxon Mobil Corporation and employing the same strategy formerly used by the tobacco industry, repeatedly attacking the science behind the theory and insisting that there was actually a great deal of uncertainty and disagreement among scientists.

Only points 8 (concerning peer review) and 9 (concerning scientists giving opinion outside their field or about the future) actually refers to «doing» (as opposed to «communicating») science, and then just in passing.

Sweet advised the Union of Concerned Scientists team on how to use NOAA's tide gauge data.

Via Union of Concerned Scientists More on Green (er) Cars Passat BlueMotion Sets Guiness World Record by Going 1,526 Miles on a Single Fuel Tank Jaguar Unveils the C - X75 PHEV Supercar (With 4 Electric Motors and 2 Gas Micro-turbines) Lance Armstrong Tweets About His New Nissan LEAF Peugeot to Lease iOn Electric Car for $ 499 / Month in France Life Cycle Analysis of Electric Car Shows Battery Has Only Minor Impact

But Peter Frumhof of the Union of Concerned Scientists cautions that government investment in CCS without supporting economic incentives to reduce carbon dioxide emissions is «disingenuous at best, and dangerous at worst.»

Such numbers concern some scientists, including Godbout.

Doug Gurian - Sherman at the Union of Concerned scientists wrote me a polite email yesterday.

Margaret Mellon, director of the food and environment programme at the Union of Concerned Scientists based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, says that it is preferable if authors of scientific articles that could affect policy decisions don't have either financial or other interests in the outcome of the research.

Chair Elect: Francesca T. Grifo, Union of Concerned Scientists Member - at - Large of the Section Committee: Gerald L. Epstein, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Electorate Nominating Committee: Maryann P. Feldman, Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Tobin L. Smith, Association of American Universities Council Delegate: Susan Sauer Sloan, National Academies

The Union of Concerned Scientists concurred.

Michael Halpern of the US Union of Concerned Scientists warns about freedom of information being deployed as a form of harassment.

Committee of Concerned Scientists Public Affairs and Administrative Office PO Box 3708 Silver Spring, MD 20918

That's the question concerning scientists probing a phenomenon called «space brain.»