John P. Holdren: "Meeting the Intertwined Challenges of Energy and Environment"

In a sobering assessment of the world's energy future, AAAS Chairman John P. Holdren told a packed auditorium at AAAS that there are no technological silver bullets to solve the persistent conflict between rising global demand for cheap energy and the environmental harm that results

By AAAS USA.

Environment Policy Resource.

Brown Commits Additional Resources to Help Environment

The Sidney E. Frank Foundation has made a gift of $200,000 to support environmental initiatives underway at Brown University. The gift, combined with an allocation of $150,000 from the Office of the President, will be used for a proactive community outreach and awareness program that was recommended by the Energy and Environmental Advisory Committee (EEAC)..

By Brown University, USA.

Environment Policy Resource.

Partnering for Northern Futures: AAAS Arctic Division Plans High-Impact Conference

With the International Polar Year focusing research and public interest on Earth’s rich and sensitive Arctic zones, more than 200 scientists and engineers from the United States, Canada, and Europe will convene in Anchorage, Alaska, later this month for the AAAS Arctic Division’s annual meeting.

By AAAS,USA.

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Science Explores Conservation Successes on Three Continents

Over the past 25 years, the black-footed ferret was one of the most endangered mammal species in North America, its population decimated by illness, poisoning and destruction of prairie habitat. But after an urgent intervention and difficult early conservation efforts, the ferrets are being returned to the grasslands of Wyoming and nearby states and their numbers are growing again.

By AAAS,USA.

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Public Health Experts Urge U.S. to Balance Safety, Civil Liberties at Ports-of-Entry

Public health experts at a AAAS Capitol Hill briefing urged U.S. public and private sectors to improve security at its ports-of-entry by increasing resources and procedures for disease surveillance of incoming travelers and goods, and encouraging coordination among agencies responsible for guarding against infectious disease..

By AAAS,USA.

Environment Policy Resource.

Use Science for Diplomacy, Not Division"

In a commentary for the Baltimore Sun, AAAS CEO Alan I. Leshner said the boycott of Israel proposed by some U.K. academics runs counter to the values and goals of global science and urged that the proposal "immediately be abandoned."

By AAAS,USA.

Humanitarian Intervention Policy Resource.

Sir David King at AAAS: World Must Strike Emissions-Reduction Pact by 2010

Avoiding "catastrophic" climate impacts that become increasingly possible as atmospheric greenhouse gas levels approach 550 parts per million will require wealthy and developing nations to reach an emissions-reduction agreement by 2009, if it is to ratified by nations in time to come into force when the first Kyoto Period ends in 2012, the U.K.'s Chief Scientific Advisor said

By AAAS,USA.

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More Chemicals May Pose Higher Risk for Humans than Previously Thought

Scientists publishing in the 13 July issue of Science believe that several organic chemicals like pesticides may pose higher environmental and human-health risks than previously thought. Because regulatory agencies currently classify chemicals as hazardous according to how they accumulate in aquatic food webs, the authors call on the agencies to expand the number of chemicals monitored for posing threats to humans. That number could reach as high as one-third of the organic chemicals in use.

By AAAS, USA.

Environment Policy Resource.

Past and Current AAAS Leaders Aid Climate Change Report for United Nations

28 February 2007.  An elite panel of scientists, including several current and past AAAS officers, has outlined an ambitious roadmap for the United Nations to head off the worst climate changes and adapt to those that can no longer be avoided. The report, requested by the U.N. and sponsored by the private United Nations Foundation and Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society, warns that society faces two starkly different futures.

By  AAAS  USA.

Environment Policy Resource.