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Republicans Block Proposal For National Science Laureate Fearing Science
2013-09-21 01:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PopSci: Earlier this week, House Republicans quietly blocked a proposal that would institute the position of science laureate of the United States. It was expected to sail by--after all, who could possibly have a problem with an honorary position that costs the taxpayers absolutely nothing, the goal of which is to promote science education? House Republicans, apparently. In the United States, the position of laureate--the only national one of which is the poet laureate--is a largely ceremonial position....
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Big business funds effort to discredit climate science, warns UN official
2013-09-20 21:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Big companies are paying contrarians to undermine the work of climate scientists, according to a top UN official speaking before the release of a landmark review of climate science this weekby international researchers next Friday. Halldór Thorgeirsson, a director who reports to the head of the UN body that governs the on-going high level international climate negotiations, said that scientists would need to be prepared for a counter-blast from sceptics. "Vested interests are paying for the...
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Republicans block science laureate vote over climate change stance fear
2013-09-20 17:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: It seemed entirely harmless: the creation of an honorary and unpaid position of science laureate of the United States to travel around the country and inspire children to be future scientists. But Republicans in Congress last week quashed the initiative, which had gained rare bipartisan support, on the grounds that a science laureate might support action on climate change. The bill had been scheduled for swift approval last week. It would have allowed Barack Obama to name up to three laureates...
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Tokach Nabs Leman Science in Practice Award
2013-09-19 17:32:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: Zoetis Lisa Tokach, DVM, has been named the recipient of the 2013 Allen D. Leman Science in Practice Award. The award was presented by Zoetis at the Leman Swine Conference earlier this week, hosted by the University of Minnesota. After completing her pre-veterinary requirements at North Dakota State University, Tokach received her DVM from the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine in 1990. Currently, Tokach is a practicing veterinarian at Abilene Animal Hospital in Abilene, KS. read more
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Conservative Lobbyist Derails Bipartisan 'Science Laureate' Bill
2013-09-19 12:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: No one who's been paying attention for, say, the last few decades, needs to be reminded of how extremely polarized Washington is. So it's usually good news when Democrats and Republicans can come together on an issue, as they did recently to support the idea of creating the new honorary position of "Science Laureate of the United States." We have had poet laureates and they seem to have worked out well to promote poetry to the masses, haven't they (though I bet you can't name the current one....
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