The National Academies of Science gets DOGE’ed!
Category: Government funding of science
The Truth About University Overhead Costs
Guest Post by Willis EschenbachThe noted climate alarmist Andrew Dessler has written a Substack post bemoaning the Trump Administration’s decision to cut the “overhead” in Federal research grants to universities…
‘Flagrantly Unlawful Action’: Universities Sue Trump’s Energy Department Over Latest Funding Cuts
The DOE announced April 11 it would limit support for indirect costs, or money that is used for administrative and other non-research related expenses, to 15% for all research funding. The Association…
American Association for the Advancement of Science “Trump Tracker”
The American Association for the Advancement of Science of America launches their Trump Tracker and it’s hilarious!
New high risk, high reward studies will tackle key unanswered questions about our planet
NERC has invested £25 million in a host of high risk, high reward research projects to tackle critical environment challenges
Should Government Control Scientific Research?
By Andy May This is the transcript of a talk I gave to the ASME (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers) South Texas Section January 20, 2022 Federal money allows…
Your Tax Dollars At Work
A few quotes about taxpayer money spent on useless climate studies from a fascinating site called Open The Books. Quote The First — Bogus Warnings From The Future (emphasis mine…
Trump weighs executive order on scientific research
From EE News Kelsey Brugger and Sean Reilly, E&E News reporters Greenwire: Tuesday, December 17, 2019 White House officials are working on an executive order that would boost public access…
Oh noes!!! Government Shutdown Imperils Earth’s Magnetic Field!!!
Guest Ohhhhh Noooo!!! by David Middleton Well… maybe not imperiling Earth’s magnetic field… Just delaying the release of the vital World Magnetic Model… NEWS 09 JANUARY 2019 Earth’s magnetic field…
Government Shutdown’s Latest Victim: a Global Weather Conference
From Bloomberg By Brian K Sullivan December 28, 2018, 1:07 PM EST American Meteorological Society expected 700 U.S. scientists Annual meeting is a clearinghouse for weather research In January, more…
Climate Censorship? Or Ongoing Public Waste?
Guest essay by Eric Worrall A Department of Energy email allegedly sent to biologist Jennifer Bowen, instructing her to remove the word “climate change” from her proposal, is exciting accusations…
Queensland chief scientist Professor Suzanne Miller sidelined over fraud charges
Breaking News: From the “trust me, I’m a scientist department” comes this story from soon-to-be-50%-renewables Queensland. By Peter Campion Photo: Professor Miller was appointed to the role of chief scientist…
Climate Change Fraudsters Go To Jail
Pair was allegedly pocketing the money given by NASA for their startup instead of paying graduate students to do the work From AP and web reports: Professor, Wife Sentenced After…
Senate hearing today: John Christy, Judy Curry, Will Happer, and Mark Steyn
Roy Spencer passed on a note about this, and I figured I should post here before the event because there will be live video. And Mark Steyn. Roy understates: Ted…
The Spoils System Redux – Climate Version
Spoils system reinstated by choice of grant subject. Clifford Eddy, PhD writes: After James Garfield’s assassination, the spoils system of granting government jobs was replaced by the civil service system,…
Climate Change is sucking funding away from biodiversity
From the “let’s include climate change is all our work so we’ll keep getting funded” department, comes this admission in the form of a press release from The University of…
In PNAS, a surprising letter: 'Systemic Addiction to Research Funding'
President Eisenhower warned of this. In the world of climate science, we have come to know this simple equation as demonstrated by some of the most zealous proponents of climate…
National Association of Scholars: 'much of the U.S.-sponsored research behind the “scientific consensus” on global warming may be less rigorous than its advocates would have the public believe'
Short-Circuiting Peer Review in Climate Science Peter Wood, Rachelle DeJong. National Association of Scholars How reliable are the scientific findings on which the Environmental Protection Agency bases its proposed regulations? …
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