All Trump administration articles
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NewsNew carbon dioxide pollution standards proposed for US power plants
US environment agency estimates its new regulation would avoid over 600 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions from power plants by 2042
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NewsExplainer: who is Charles Lieber and why does his case matter for US research?
Three years after his arrest the former head of Harvard’s chemistry department has been sentenced for concealing links to a Chinese university
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NewsUS programme targeting researchers with China links crumbling under intense scrutiny
Academics are demanding that the Justice Department end the ‘China Initiative’ as cases collapse amid accusations of racial profiling
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NewsScientists at EPA allege ‘deliberate tampering’ with chemical risk reviews
Environment body’s inspector general asked to probe claims that safety assessments of chemicals, including PFASs, have been ‘improperly altered’ for years
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NewsEnvironment agency overturns contentious Trump-era ‘secret science’ rule
Directive finalised at the end of Trump’s presidency would have hindered use of non-public data in policymaking
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NewsEnvironmental Protection Agency haemorrhaged scientific expertise under Trump
More than 670 scientific posts were lost at the EPA over Donald Trump’s tenure including chemists, chemical engineers and microbiologists
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NewsContentious Trump-era ‘secret science’ rule struck down
US court scraps Environmental Protection Agency regulation, finalised in the waning days of Trump’s presidency, that hindered agency’s use of non-public data in policymaking
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FeatureBiden thrills US research community with his science ‘dream team’
The new US president has elevated the role of science in the White House
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News1000 Chinese researchers have left the US since spying probe intensified this summer
Exodus of visiting researchers from China comes after arrest of at least five researchers on espionage charges
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NewsResearch community breathes a sigh of relief as Biden beats Trump
US president-elect Joe Biden expected to reverse many of Trump’s actions on climate, environment and funding that worried scientists and research advocates
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NewsUS revokes over 1000 visas of Chinese students and researchers
Academic and science groups concerned by cancellations
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OpinionWhy scientists are worried by a second term for Trump
Another four years could be very problematic
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NewsScience community holds its breath as US election looms
The election is a high stakes affair for university researchers and science advocates, who overwhelmingly back Biden
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NewsTrump seeks to revoke visas of Chinese students with ties to China’s military
Academic and science groups speak out against move to bar certain Chinese nationals from studying and conducting research in the US
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NewsNobel laureates lead revolt after US–China coronavirus grant cancellation
Nearly 80 US Nobel laureates and 30 scientific organisations criticise sudden termination of joint research with Wuhan Institute of Virology
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NewsUS funder ends coronavirus research with Wuhan lab amid political pressure
National Institutes of Health cancels joint grant with Wuhan Institute of Virology
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OpinionNow’s not the time to tiptoe around the issues on science and immigration
It’s time to speak out amid increasing nationalism, as science is a global and collaborative enterprise
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NewsTrump proposes slashing basic and applied research by 9.1% in budget
White House requests big cuts to US science agencies but Congress is unlikely to back them
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NewsTrump pressed by Nobel laureates to make US-funded research available for free
White House proposal for free and immediate access to taxpayer-funded research currently appears to be stalled
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NewsAmerican scientific publishers panic over paywall policy rumours
The White House is apparently poised to force the immediate free distribution of scientific journal articles arising from federal funding