{"id":6690,"date":"2012-01-25T21:48:09","date_gmt":"2012-01-26T01:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/research\/state-of-the-science-2012\/"},"modified":"2012-01-25T21:48:09","modified_gmt":"2012-01-26T01:48:09","slug":"state-of-the-science-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/2012\/01\/25\/state-of-the-science-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"State of the Science, 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thoughts and twitterings around the ecosphere on President Obama\u2019s State of the Union address to Congress, Tuesday, January 24th, 2012.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    In the Wednesday morning quarterbacking that followed this year\u2019s State of the Union, pundits aired the perennial complaint that the President\u2019s speech ran too long, heavily-laden with a Clinton-style laundry list of programs. But citizens like to hear their favorite programs mentioned, and we in the science community are no exception! Technical education and funding for basic research briefly made the list, but the majority of the attention went to energy. The President pitched \u201cclean\u201d energy from wind, sun and reduced waste, alongside a drill-baby-drill enthusiasm for oil and gas exploration, while sidestepping any awkward mention of nuclear energy.<\/p>\n

    Here\u2019s a replay of exciting moments in #SOTU, interleaved with a sampling of comments tweeted out of the eco-science bubbleverse.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

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    Enter<\/span> POTUS, with entourage<\/span>.
    \nShaking hands as he moves down the aisle, he sweeps down upon Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz) for a rare moment of bipartisan good-feeling. Giffords will formally resign on the following day to continue her recovery from the terrible head wound she suffered in a shooting last year.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Obama and Giffords hug and rock back and forth. WHAT, I HAVE SOMETHING IN MY EYE. #SOTU<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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    Boehner invites pipeline pals to #SOTU: is.gd\/VlmGQk<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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    \u201cAs the camera pans around the Capitol chamber for President Obama\u2019s
    \nState of the Union address, see if you can spot the representatives from
    \nthe state of Oil: four avid supporters of the Keystone XL Pipeline who
    \nwill attend the speech as the guests of House Speaker John Boehner.\u201d Scott Rosenberg, reporting in real-time on Gristlist.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Congress leaps before it looks at Keystone pipeline permit review efforts | EcoTone<\/a>\"\"<\/p>\n

    This post contributed by Terence Houston, ESA Science Policy Analyst H.R. 3630, the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011,\u2026<\/div>\n
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    [*<\/span>President Obama<\/span> didn\u2019t actually kill the Keystone XL Pipeline; he rejected a bid from TransCanada. The project is on hold pending a State Department environmental review. Tune in to EcoTone\u2019s Policy News this Friday to learn more.]
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    POTUS: Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow Americans:<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Climate is only mentioned as something that Congress can\u2019t seem to agree on. #SOTU<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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    [Kate Sheppard is clearly reading ahead in the script, because<\/span> POTUS is still talking about courage, selflessness and teamwork, and coming together to get the job done, like the military (and unlike some other people he isn\u2019t going to name\u2013 cough, <\/span>Congress).]<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    State of the Union Speech: Full Text<\/a>\"\"<\/p>\n

    The following is the complete text of President Obama\u2019s State of the Union address as written. Remarks of President Barack Obama \u2013 As Pre\u2026<\/div>\n
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    POTUS: On the day I took office, our auto industry was on the verge of
    \ncollapse. Some even said we should let it die. With a million jobs at
    \nstake, I refused to let that happen. In exchange for help, we demanded
    \nresponsibility. We got workers and automakers to settle their
    \ndifferences. We got the industry to retool and restructure. Today,
    \nGeneral Motors is back on top as the world\u2019s number one automaker.
    \nChrysler has grown faster in the U.S. than any major car company. Ford
    \nis investing billions in U.S. plants and factories. And together, the
    \nentire industry added nearly 160,000 jobs.
    \nWe bet on American workers. We bet on American ingenuity. And tonight, the American auto industry is back.\u00a0\n

    What\u2019s happening in Detroit can happen in other industries. It can happen in Cleveland and Pittsburgh and Raleigh.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

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    RT @jdickerson: \u201cIt can happen in Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Raleigh\u201d Not clear whether it can happen outside of swing states<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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    POTUS: I also hear from many business leaders who want to hire in the United
    \nStates but can\u2019t find workers with the right skills. Growing industries
    \nin science and technology have twice as many openings as we have
    \nworkers who can do the job. Think about that \u2013 openings at a time when
    \nmillions of Americans are looking for work.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    \u201cTwice as many sci\/tech job openings as people to fill them\u201d \u2014 Anyone know where that #science stat is from? #sotu<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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    [We at EcoTone would also be interested to know the source of this claim.<\/span>]<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    POTUS: Now you need to give more community colleges the resources they need to
    \nbecome community career centers \u2013 places that teach people skills that
    \nlocal businesses are looking for right now, from data management to
    \nhigh-tech manufacturing.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Yes, new #STEM programs! That\u2019s where the money is + jobs! #Science #Technology #Engineering #Mathematics U.S. needs the right skills! #SOTU<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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    RT @CharaunWills: I\u2019m for community centers but they should do more than teach skills for trades #HipHopEd #S0TU \/\/ Agreed<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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    POTUS: Innovation also demands basic research. Today, the discoveries taking
    \nplace in our federally-financed labs and universities could lead to new
    \ntreatments that kill cancer cells but leave healthy ones untouched.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Why does every mention of federally funded biomedical research ALWAYS involve a cure for cancer? #SOTU<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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    POTUS: New lightweight vests for cops and soldiers that can stop any bullet.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Basic research. Yeee hah. We will stop any bullet.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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    POTUS: Don\u2019t gut these investments in our budget. Don\u2019t let other countries
    \nwin the race for the future. Support the same kind of research and
    \ninnovation that led to the computer chip and the Internet; to new
    \nAmerican jobs and new American industries.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Just to be clear, I don\u2019t think anyone can win a race to the future. Everyone is gonna tie. #TheNatureOfTime #SOTU<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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    POTUS: Nowhere is the promise of innovation greater than in American-made
    \nenergy. Over the last three years, we\u2019ve opened millions of new acres
    \nfor oil and gas exploration<\/span> <\/span>, and tonight, I\u2019m directing my
    \nAdministration to open more than 75 percent of our potential offshore
    \noil and gas resources. Right now, American oil production is the
    \nhighest that it\u2019s been in eight years. That\u2019s right \u2013 eight years. Not
    \nonly that \u2013 last year, we relied less on foreign oil than in any of the
    \npast sixteen years.\u00a0\n

    But with only 2 percent of the world\u2019s oil reserves, oil isn\u2019t enough<\/span>.
    \nThis country needs an all-out, all-of-the-above strategy that develops
    \nevery available source of American energy \u2013 a strategy that\u2019s cleaner,
    \ncheaper, and full of new jobs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

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    Little progress has been made on Obama\u2019s energy ambitions from past #SOTU addresses: bit.ly\/wk6xwU<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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    POTUS: We have a supply of natural gas that can last America nearly one hundred
    \nyears, and my Administration will take every possible action to safely
    \ndevelop this energy. Experts believe this will support more than
    \n600,000 jobs by the end of the decade.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Is The Booming Natural Gas Industry Overproducing? : NPR<\/a>\"\"<\/p>\n

    The practice of hydraulic fracturing \u2013 pumping fluid into underground rock to push up natural gas \u2013 has its detractors, especially among \u2026<\/div>\n
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    POTUS: And I\u2019m requiring all companies
    \nthat drill for gas on public lands to disclose the chemicals they use.
    \nAmerica will develop this resource without putting the health and safety
    \nof our citizens at risk.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Obama: I\u2019m requiring all companies that drill for gas on public lands to disclose the chemicals they use. #ecosotu #WHTweetup #notbad<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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    POTUS: And by the way, it was public research dollars, over the course of
    \nthirty years, that helped develop the technologies to extract all this
    \nnatural gas out of shale rock \u2013<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    PUBLIC RESEARCH DOLLARS! Drink! #sotu<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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    Exactly bit.ly\/w7liSk<\/a> RT @whitehouseostp POTUS: \u201dAnd innovation requires basic research\u201d #SOTU<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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    By the numbers: Is basic research worth it?<\/a>\"\"<\/p>\n

    During tense economic times, arguments over the federal budget and national debt have caused many Americans to lose sight of the tremendo\u2026<\/div>\n
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    POTUS: Our experience with shale gas shows us that the payoffs on these public
    \ninvestments don\u2019t always come right away. Some technologies don\u2019t pan
    \nout; some companies fail. But I will not walk away from the promise of
    \nclean energy.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Solyndra Highlights History Of Energy Subsidies : NPR<\/div>\n
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    the oil industry has been the biggest Welfare Queen` our nation has seen taking subsidies & earning billions in profits #SOTU #Hiphoped<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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    POTUS: We can also spur energy innovation with new incentives. The differences
    \nin this chamber may be too deep right now to pass a comprehensive plan
    \nto fight climate change. But there\u2019s no reason why Congress shouldn\u2019t
    \nat least set a clean energy standard that creates a market for
    \ninnovation.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Obama at least utters the term #climatechange, in admitting that \u201cdifferences\u201d too great to permit legislation. @KQEDnews #SOTU<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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    POTUS: We got rid of one rule from 40 years ago that could have forced some
    \ndairy farmers to spend $10,000 a year proving that they could contain a
    \nspill \u2013 because milk was somehow classified as an oil. With a rule like
    \nthat, I guess it was worth crying over spilled milk.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    RT @skornhaber Spilled milk is the salmon or whatever horrible joke subject of 2012 #sotu<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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    Obama touts EPA effort to exempt milk from oil-spill rules<\/a>\"\"<\/p>\n

    President Obama touted Tuesday his administration\u2019s decision to exempt milk from broader oil-spill prevention rules, arguing that he is w\u2026<\/div>\n
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    POTUS: I\u2019m confident a farmer can contain a milk spill without a federal agency
    \nlooking over his shoulder. But I will not back down from making sure
    \nan oil company can contain the kind of oil spill we saw in the Gulf two
    \nyears ago. I will not back down from protecting our kids from mercury
    \npollution, or making sure that our food is safe and our water is clean.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Ah, the old spilled milk to spilled oil disaster pivot.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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    Obama: \u201cI will not back down from protecting our kids from mercury pollution, or making sure that our food is safe and our water is clean.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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    I think that\u2019s all the #science that will be in the #SOTU. An entire section of the speech = #science is important to the country!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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    It\u2019ll be interesting to see if #science #research gets into the Republican response. #SOTU<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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    Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels\u2019 response<\/span>: The extremism that stifles the development of homegrown energy, or
    \ncancels a perfectly safe pipeline that would employ tens of thousands,
    \nor jacks up consumer utility bills for no improvement in either human
    \nhealth or world temperature, is a pro-poverty policy.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Yep, we\u2019re all just conspiring here for more #fracking RT @ricksantorum The President\u2019s energy policy is beholden to environmentalists #SOTU<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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    Meaghan O\u2019Neill<\/a>\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n
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    Exeunt POTUS
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    What did you think of the President\u2019s speech? OFA.BO\/TfGCNb<\/a> #SOTU<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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    2012 State of the Union Address (C-SPAN)<\/div>\n
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    2012 Republican Response from Gov. Mitch Daniels (R-IN) (C-SPAN)<\/div>\n
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    President Barack Obama delivers the State of the Union address in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 24, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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