One of the many terrible things the current administration is doing is making sweeping cuts to science research, including climate and weather. This is dangerous for Americans of course, but also to people in other countries who use and build on research done here. The work these scientists do is important, and the cuts we're seeing now have the potential to cause problems for decades to come.

"From Wednesday, May 28th to Sunday, June 1st, join meteorologists and climate scientists from across the US as we share our work, and show you what makes it so vital. We will clarify the impact of the cuts on this research, and answer your questions about weather and climate research in the US."

Livestream Information and Schedule Highlights

The current livestream is below. It and previous hours' videos can be found at wclivestream .



Other links of interest:

• CNN article about the livestream
• 5 Calls for a sample script/letter for contacting your reps
• tumblr post you can reblog

I mentioned my biggest disappointment with the Obama administration the other day, but overall, I've been pretty pleased with the actions they've taken on environmental issues. Grist has a good write up of Obama's environmental actions and accomplishments so far.

I also found this interesting analysis of the wolf issue, which suggests that Obama might be making a political calculation to appease Western states in advance of a big push for clean energy and other climate issues. It wouldn't surprise me at all if this were true, I just wish wolves weren't caught, quite literally, in the crosshairs. :(