Science Policy and Debate in the 2008 Presidential Election
With less than two months left before the next U.S. president is elected, ScienceBlogs wanted to dedicate a space to campaign politics. A Vote For Science is a group blog that will focus on the candidates' science policies. It is managed by many interested ScienceBloggers, as well as guest blogger Ivan Oelrich of the Federation of American Scientists.
The Scientists and Engineers for America's SHARP network allows you to click on the map to see where your candidates stand on important science issues.
November 10, 2008
Category: Science Policy
From the BBC: US President-elect Barack Obama will seek to reverse Bush administration policies when he enters office on 20 January, his transition chief has said. John Podesta said executive orders by President George W Bush on issues such as...
Posted by Greg Laden at 7:37 AM • 0 Comments •
November 6, 2008
Category: Facts, Stats and Data
SEA has put together a list of state ballot measures that involved science including info on what the end result was. The list can be found here and below. It was particularly interesting that Colorado rejected an amendment to the...
Posted by Michael Stebbins at 11:14 AM • 2 Comments •
November 4, 2008
Category: "I'm voting for..."
The day is finally here. You've heard it from everyone, but I'll pile on...VOTE! Our final tally on the YouTube AVoteForScience challenge is 30 something videos from scientists endorsing Obama....and not one video from a scientist endorsing McCain. That seems...
Posted by Michael Stebbins at 12:57 PM • 0 Comments •
November 1, 2008
Category: "I'm voting for..."
We have our first submission from a couple! Bernice and Loyal Durand, two theoretical physicists from the University of Wisconsin have both endorsed Barack Obama. I think it's great that a couple would speak out about the importance of science...
Posted by Michael Stebbins at 3:01 PM • 0 Comments •
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