This Week Archive

Jennifer Granholm speaks following her introduction as President Biden’s nominee for energy secretary.

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Energy and Commerce Nominees Face Senate
First Biden Orders Have Science Focus
Scientific Integrity Measures on Deck

WEEK OF JAN 25, 2021

Official portrait of Joe Biden as vice president.

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Biden Takes Office
Eric Lander Named Science Advisor, Will Serve in Cabinet
Trump Issues Research Security Directive

WEEK OF JAN 18, 2021

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).

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Democrats Prepare for Unified Control of Government
Republican Science Policy Leaders Stoke Election Conspiracies
EPA Finalizes Science ‘Transparency’ Rule

WEEK OF JAN 11, 2021

Construction workers prepare the platform for President-elect Biden’s inauguration.

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New Congress Convenes
FY21 Budgets Set
‘Snowmass’ Meeting Postponed

WEEK OF JAN 04, 2021

Retiring Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) plays Christmas carols in the atrium of the Hart Senate Office Building on Dec. 16.

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Spending and Pandemic Relief Votes Imminent
Biden Names “Climate Team”
EU Sets Flagship Science Program Budget

WEEK OF DEC 21, 2020

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) speaking at a press conference on a bipartisan effort she is part of to advance a compromise pandemic relief package. That package is part of negotiations over major legislation taking place this week, as is a broad bipartisan e

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Spending and Energy Bills Under Negotiation
Fusion Panel Approves Long Range Plan
NASA Sets Lunar Science Goals

WEEK OF DEC 14, 2020

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Microelectronics and AI Initiatives at Finish Line
Biden Names Public Health Officials
House Selects Committee Leaders for 2021

WEEK OF DEC 07, 2020

Excavation work is ramping up at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in South Dakota to create a space for a massive neutrino detector that will be the centerpiece of the flagship LBNF/DUNE project.

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Kerry Named Climate Envoy
Top Iranian Physicist Assassinated
DOE Particle Physics Review Set for Release

WEEK OF NOV 30, 2020

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Arecibo Telescope Unrepairable
Biden Announcing Cabinet Members
NIST Appointment Condemned

WEEK OF NOV 23, 2020

The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich earth science satellite is scheduled to launch this weekend on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

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Biden Names Science Agency Transition Teams
Fringe Climatologist Takes Over National Assessment
Freilich Earth Science Satellite Set for Launch

WEEK OF NOV 16, 2020

President-elect Joe Biden delivers his victory speech on Nov. 7.

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Biden Names Pandemic Advisers
Nuclear Security Chief Abruptly Resigns
National Climate Assessment Director Appointed

WEEK OF NOV 09, 2020

Left: Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaking at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Oct. 24. Right: President Donald Trump arriving in South Carolina for a rally on Oct. 15.