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The National Science Foundation is in turmoil
US President Donald Trump has proposed to reduce the funding of the National Science Foundation, the country’s primary scientific research organisation, by over 70%. This comes after the White House said that it wants to cut funding for climate, clean energy, woke social, and economic sciences, and programmes in low-priority areas of science.
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The White House is curtailing the state dinner for Australia due totumultuous times
US Vice President Joe Biden and Australian Prime Minister Albanese will hold talks in Washington on Wednesday. During the meeting, Biden will tell the PM that the US would fulfil the promise of delivering nuclear-powered submarines to Australia as part of the ‘AUKUS’ agreement among the US, Britain and Australia. The talks will include discussions…
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There is a warning fromCOP 27 about Carbon emissions hitting new high.
Global energy use has grown by 2% annually since 2005, forcing the transition to clean energy to be tougher, Jason Hickel, a degrowth expert from the European Research Council, said in an interview. “More growth means more energy use, and more energy use makes it more difficult to decarbonize the energy system in the short…