Weekly highlights of U.S. Government news
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Climate Change. Today’s “U.S. Government highlights” cover a range of issues from the past two weeks. I begin with the 17th Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Durban, South Africa. Jonathan Pershing, the Deputy Special Envoy for Climate Change at the U.S. Department of State and head of the U.S. delegation for the first week of the Read more 
Weekly highlights of U.S. Government news
Welcome back for an extra-large edition of the U.S. highlights, to make up for us missing a week last week. We start with an important speech from Energy Secretary Steven Chu on the choice the U.S. faces in the emerging clean energy race. We then highlight the efforts of Department of Energy employees to make DOE’s day-to-day operations more sustainable. We also link to a new report from the interagency National Science and Technology Council emphasizing the value that submetering can provide in making buildings more energy efficient. And finally, NASA is tracking, and photographing, the closest asteroid to approach Earth in 35 years. Read more
Weekly highlights of U.S. Government news
This week’s U.S. government highlights include a new video from the White House encouraging girls to pursue STEM careers, an EPA announcement of new awards for clean diesel projects, a NASA scientist receiving the inaugural Climate Communications Prize, and the video from last week’s web chat with DOE Senior Advisor Richard Kauffmann. Read more
Weekly highlights of U.S. Government news
Since we happened to post a bit late last week, this week’s highlights are a bit shorter than usual. However, they include a solar breakthrough at the Naval Research Laboratory, a chance to chat live with a senior advisor at the Department of Energy, and very cool new 3D maps of the globe from NASA. Read more
Weekly highlights of U.S. Government news
Even though they’re a bit late this week due to other events we were covering, here are the weekly quick highlights of some of the U.S. Government’s announcements from the last week. This week we have announcements from the Department of Energy, National Institutes of Health, the White House, and NASA. Read more
Weekly highlights of U.S. government news
Every Tuesday, we aim to provide quick highlights of some of the U.S. Government’s announcements from the last week. Each week, we’ll try to pick a mix of topical and interesting stories from a wide range of Departments and Agencies, providing a view into the full array of ESTH efforts under way. This week includes announcements from the Department of Energy, NASA, Environmental Protection Agency, State Department, and the White House. Read more