A look at today’s science and health policy news:
Harlem to Antarctica for Science, and pupils
An African-American science teacher will be joining an NSF research team to Antarctica, hoping to inspire more minority students to enter the sciences.
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EPA chief bides time on court’s emission order
EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson has shelved his agency’s findings that greenhouse gases are a danger to the public, and on Thursday told Congress that he will initiate a lengthy public comment period about whether such emissions are a risk before responding to a U.S. Supreme Court order.
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Chicago clicks off skyline for Earth Hour
Businesses in cities like Chicago and Sydney Australia have agreed to turn off their lights for an hour to bring awareness to the need to fight global climate change.
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Algae Can Help Us Move Past Ethanol’s Problems
According to scientific studies, algae farming on a one-acre pond could produce upward of 2,000 gallons of biodiesel fuel a year.
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