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Trump Administration’s FY27 President’s Budget Request Cannot Go Unanswered 

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House of Reprs

Last Friday, President Trump released the fiscal year 2027 President’s Budget Request. What we are seeing is devastating, and it demands a forceful response.  As our policy team details on The Bridge, this budget is largely a repeat of last year’s proposal, but repetition does not soften the blow. NASA’s Science Mission Directorate is cut by nearly half its budget. The National Science Foundation is losing more than half. NOAA is down nearly 28%. The … Read more

AGU Denounces Trump Administration’s Repeal of the EPA Endangerment Finding

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In 1856, American scientist Eunice Foote made history by publishing the first academic paper demonstrating that carbon dioxide traps heat from the Sun, a discovery that laid the foundation for climate science. Over the next 170 years, researchers have tested and built on that insight with the rigor of the scientific method, publishing hundreds of thousands of peer-reviewed studies that have not only affirmed Foote’s original … Read more

AGU statement on U.S. withdrawal from climate and environmental organizations and treaties

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AGU headquarters

The Trump Administration’s announcement that the United States will withdraw from a multitude of international organizations and treaties that support global cooperation on climate and environmental issues is a grievous setback at a moment when the impacts of climate change and environmental degradation are only accelerating and when scientific expertise and collaboration are indispensable to addressing them.   Some of these bodies and treaties form … Read more

Don’t Just Reopen Government. Recommit to Science.

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House of Reprs

The United States has just come through the longest government shutdown in its history—a period of deep uncertainty that exacerbated hardships for the nation.   Some scientists still reported for duty, delivering life-saving forecasts and monitoring hazards without pay. But with labs closed and research halted, the critical work behind those services—modeling, maintenance, and long-term observations—was … Read more

AGU Condemns Threatened Mass Firings of U.S. Federal Workforce During Shutdown

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AGU headquarters

I write to you today outraged on behalf of everyone who depends on a functioning government. Last Wednesday, the U.S. government shut down. Now, the threat of mass firings looms over our federal workforce.  Many of our members are hardworking U.S. federal scientists who have dedicated their careers to serving the public. When federal scientists … Read more

All in this Together: Protecting the Global Scientific Enterprise  

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AGU is a global community. Across 6 continents, in 200 countries and regions, we connect with one another, championing research, discovery, and solutions.  Borders, languages, time zones, and customs might zig zag their way across our membership map, but science remains our guiding star and our uniting purpose. It’s even woven into an official AGU … Read more

A Continuing Resolution Is a Blow to U.S. Science — and the Public

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House of Reprs

The American public deserves better. Science drives progress, but it can’t do that with stopgap funding and political gridlock. It’s time to end the cycle. Science needs certainty and sustained financial growth – and the recognition by Congress that undermining science shortchanges American competitiveness in the world.  Unfortunately, even the most thoughtfully crafted spending bill … Read more

Standing Together for Science: Supporting Our Community Amid Federal Funding Challenges

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I am sharing an update to my January 27 From the Prow message regarding the Executive Orders and directives coming from the United States federal government and how they are affecting AGU’s members and the broader scientific community.   We are requesting your input on how these federal directives have been impacting you and your work, … Read more

Second Averted U.S. Government Shutdown of FY25

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House of Reprs

For the second time in the fiscal year 2025 appropriations cycle, the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate have agreed to a short-term funding measure to avert a government shutdown.  With yet another temporary solution, the future of U.S. science remains in jeopardy. AGU urgently calls on lawmakers to prioritize stability and investment in scientific … Read more