GOP Plans Investigation Into Climate Change
The New House Speaker John Boehner, Republican of Ohio, is the next Speaker of the House. via Flickr/ House GOP LeaderWhat do this week's election results mean for the future of science? With a shifting balance of power in Washington, some changes may be in store for science. Though the dust has barely settled, some political analysts are already predicting Republican-led global warming hearings, rollbacks in climate change and energy legislation and even changes to controversial science like stem cell research. Before adjourning for the election, Congress was able to reach a compromise that settled NASA's budget, but many other scientific priorities were left on the table. An energy policy is chief among them - while the House passed a bill to cap carbon dioxide emissions and allow polluters to trade carbon credits, it died in the Senate. With even Democratic candidates literally trying to destroy cap-and-trade, it seems unlikely either chamber...