Climate · Science
Naperville Sun: Tom Skilling, scientists at climate forum warn of severe weather changes ahead
One of Chicago’s most venerated meteorologists joined a Naperville congressman, several scientists and a former EPA regulator at North Central College Saturday to discuss climate change data and urge individuals to take action. “I didn’t come to my current view on climate change easily. I was skeptical,” WGN-TV meteorologist Tom Skilling told the sold-out audience […]
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Gizmodo: At the March for Science, Congress’s Lone Scientist Pines for Company
WASHINGTON, D.C.—On a day when tens of thousands of people crowded the National Mall in Washington, D.C. to march for science, a Congressman who can boast the only science PhD on Capitol Hill is something of a celebrity. “It’s as close as I come,” Bill Foster told me. “When I go into the crowd, I […]
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Naperville Sun: Standing up for science
Scientists, students, educators and activists from Naperville and the Fox Valley will take to the streets of Chicago this weekend as part of the March for Science. Billed as one of the largest global gatherings to promote science ever held, nonpartisan March for Science events were scheduled this year for Earth Day, April 22, as […]
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STAT: Congress’s one PhD-trained scientist will join march on Washington
WASHINGTON — Congress’s one PhD-trained scientist is planning to join the march on Washington on April 22 — “not as a Democratic member of Congress, but as a scientist.” Thousands of scientists and science advocates are expected to participate in the March for Science, and Congressman Bill Foster of Illinois, a Democrat and physicist, will […]
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