Fwd: ASA-CSSA-SSSA Science Policy Report: Societies request meeting with EPA head in advance of climate change debate

[erichjknight]

Maybe the ASAC SSA and SSA will be able to explain the difference between Som and recalcitrant soil carbon to the EPA and others who don't seem to want to talk about the real issues

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From: "ASA, CSSA, SSSA Science Policy Report" <scienc...@sciencesocieties.org>

Date: 8/9/17 11:32 AM (GMT-05:00)

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Subject: ASA-CSSA-SSSA Science Policy Report: Societies request meeting with EPA head in advance of climate change debate

Click here if you are having trouble viewing this message. 9 August 2017 In This Issue: Policy News ~Societies request meeting with EPA head in advance of climate change debate ~Crop breeders sprout plan to boost public sector research ~House approves security “minibus” with defense, energy funding ~GOP push to shift state water policy away from conservation ~Trump donated $100,000 for a science camp. What should it look like? ~House budget resolution vote punted to September? ~Scientists fear Trump will dismiss blunt climate report Science News ~Registration open for 2017 ASA, CSSA, SSSA Annual Meeting ~Two linked genes for soybean mosaic virus resistance ~Corn could be major victim of climate change ~Biochar could clear the air in more ways than one ~Inside the Global Seed Vault, where the history and future of agriculture is stored ~Fertilizers, a boon to agriculture, pose growing threat to U.S. waterways ~Gulf of Mexico ‘dead zone’ is the largest ever measured ~National Soil Health Measurements to accelerate agricultural transformation ~The power of food system investments to boost regional economies ~Water quality impacts of willow in an agricultural landscape ~Meeting: The Future of Water, Food, and Energy ~National Science Board seeks nominations for appointments to the board International Corner ~Indian scientists taking to streets en masse ~Loss of fertile land fuels 'looming crisis' across Africa ~Planet has just 5% chance of reaching Paris climate goal, study says ~Chinese plant scientists plan massive effort to sequence 10,000 genomes Research, Education, Extension Funding Opportunities ~Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program ~Military REACH ~Innovations in Food and Agricultural Science and Technology (I-FAST) Prize Competition ~Great Lakes Resilience Project Grants ~Small Business Innovation Research Program - Phase I ~North Central SARE - Research and Education Grant Program Policy News ~Societies request meeting with EPA head in advance of climate change debate 18 scientific societies including ASA, CSSA and SSSA, signed on to a letter to Read More >> ~Crop breeders sprout plan to boost public sector research Universities need to get better at sharing patented seeds and other products Read More >> ~House approves security “minibus” with defense, energy funding After two days of amendments, the full House passed its security “minibus,” Read More >> ~GOP push to shift state water policy away from conservation With a friend in the White House and their party in control of both chambers Read More >> ~Trump donated $100,000 for a science camp. What should it look like? The U.S. Department of Education announced last week that President Read More >> ~House budget resolution vote punted to September? Before leaving for the August recess, House leadership punted a vote on Read More >> ~Scientists fear Trump will dismiss blunt climate report The average temperature in the United States has risen rapidly and drastically Read More >> Science News ~Registration open for 2017 ASA, CSSA, SSSA Annual Meeting Join more than 4,000 scientists, professionals, educators, and students at the Read More >> ~Two linked genes for soybean mosaic virus resistance Soybean mosaic virus (SMV) causes significant yield loss and seed quality Read More >> ~Corn could be major victim of climate change The weather has always been an unpredictable element of agriculture Read More >> ~Biochar could clear the air in more ways than one Biochar is ground charcoal produced from waste wood, manure or leaves Read More >> ~Inside the Global Seed Vault, where the history and future of agriculture is stored It's been called the doomsday vault, the vault that will preserve the seeds Read More >> ~Fertilizers, a boon to agriculture, pose growing threat to U.S. waterways Nitrogen-based fertilizers, which came into wide use after World War II, helped Read More >> ~Gulf of Mexico ‘dead zone’ is the largest ever measured Scientists have determined this year’s Gulf of Mexico “dead zone,” an area Read More >> ~National Soil Health Measurements to accelerate agricultural transformation For scientists, farmers and ag policy makers, one nagging question has yet Read More >> ~The power of food system investments to boost regional economies The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, in partnership with the Federal Reserve Read More >> ~Water quality impacts of willow in an agricultural landscape Multifunctional landscape design in the agricultural sector attempts to Read More >> ~Meeting: The Future of Water, Food, and Energy Join The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Read More >> ~National Science Board seeks nominations for appointments to the board The National Science Board (NSB) is accepting nominations for eight Board Read More >> International Corner ~Indian scientists taking to streets en masse Inspired by this past April’s global march for science, Indian scientists are Read More >> ~Loss of fertile land fuels 'looming crisis' across Africa Population swells, climate change, soil degradation, erosion, poaching, Read More >> ~Planet has just 5% chance of reaching Paris climate goal, study says There is only a 5% chance that the Earth will avoid warming by at least 2 degrees C come Read More >> ~Chinese plant scientists plan massive effort to sequence 10,000 genomes Hopes of sequencing the DNA of every living thing on Earth are taking a Read More >> Research, Education, Extension Funding Opportunities ~Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program The National Science Foundation Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program Read More >> ~Military REACH NIFA requests applications for the REACH for FY 2017 to provide high-quality Read More >> ~Innovations in Food and Agricultural Science and Technology (I-FAST) Prize Competition USDA NIFA in partnership with the National Science Foundation (NSF) Innovation Read More >> ~Great Lakes Resilience Project Grants New York Department of Environmental Conservation Description New York Read More >> ~Small Business Innovation Research Program - Phase I Funds may be awarded up to $100,000 for a Phase I project. Proposed Phase I Read More >> ~North Central SARE - Research and Education Grant Program The North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Read More >> Sources: USDA; NSF; NOAA; NAS; AAAS; ScienceInsider; The Washington Examiner; The San Francisco Chronicle; The Hill; New York Times; Science Daily; Bloomberg; The St. Louis Federal Reserve; NPR; Soil Health Institute; EurekaAlert; The Guardian; @ Copyright 2017 American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America 5585 Guilford Road | Madison, WI 53711-5801 | 608-273-8080 Twitter: @ASA_CSSA_SSSA & SSSA_soils | Linked In: ASA, CSSA & SSSA | Facebook: ASA, CSSA, SSSA, & SASES Contact Us | Log In to Manage Email Preferences | Unsubscribe from Science Policy Report emails Click here if you don't wish to receive these messages in the future.