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Establishing Village Corps: A National Early Childhood Education (ECE) Program at AmeriCorps

Establishing a new ECE-focused branch of AmeriCorps is an innovative solution that builds on existing programmatic infrastructure to use talent and funds efficiently and equitably.

04.28.22 | 9 min read
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Environment
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Policy Memo
Establishing a National Endemic Disease Surveillance Initiative (NEDSI)

The Biden-Harris Administration should establish a National Endemic Disease Surveillance Initiative (NEDSI) to remove barriers to tracking and predicting endemic, infectious diseases.

04.27.22 | 7 min read
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Global Risk
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Policy Memo
Taking Out the Space Trash: Creating an Advanced Market Commitment for Recycling and Removing Large-Scale Space Debris

The sustainability and security of Earth’s outer orbit and the future success of launch missions depend on the removal of sixty years’ worth of accumulated space debris.

04.26.22 | 11 min read
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Environment
Blog
The Next Ten Years of Climate Policy, According to Our Experts

Two weeks ago, the IPCC released their most dire warning yet – that we have just three years to prevent the most catastrophic storms, natural disasters, and droughts human civilization might ever see. We are getting closer and closer to the temperature that scientists have warned us for decades would do irreversible damage to our societies and […]

04.22.22 | 7 min read
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Environment
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Policy Memo
Regulating Probiotic Use and Improving Veterinary Care to Bolster Honeybee Health

The FDA and USDA should improve the administration of antibiotics in apiculture and strengthen the regulation of pre- and probiotic supplements marketed to commercial beekeepers. 

04.20.22 | 6 min read
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Emerging Technology
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Policy Memo
Supercharging Biomedical Science at the National Institutes of Health

This is the ideal time to expand U.S. climate strategy into an “all of the above” solution that includes carbon capture and storage as a core component.

04.19.22 | 12 min read
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Clean Energy
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Policy Memo
Carbon Capture in the Industrial Sector: Addressing Training, Startups, and Risk

This is the ideal time to expand U.S. climate strategy into an “all of the above” solution that includes carbon capture and storage as a core component.

04.19.22 | 7 min read
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Global Risk
Blog
On the Passing of FAS Board Member Don Lebell

The Federation of American Scientists regrets to share news of the passing of long-time board member Don Lebell at age 95. Don Lebell was an active voice in national security, working not only with FAS, but with the Ploughshares Fund’s Nuclear-Free Society and the Department of Defense’s Task Force on Globalization and National Security, Amnesty […]

04.15.22 | 1 min read
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Global Risk
Blog
Lakenheath Air Base Added To Nuclear Weapons Storage Site Upgrades

US Defense Department documents show that NATO has quietly added the United Kingdom to the list of nuclear weapons storage locations that are being upgraded. The documents do not identify the specific facility, but it is believed to be the US Air Base at RAF Lakenheath in southeast England approximately 100 kilometers northeast of London. […]

04.11.22 | 4 min read
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Global Risk
Blog
Amidst Nuclear Saber Rattling, New START Treaty Demonstrates Importance

Shortly after Russian military forces invaded Ukraine and President Vladimir Putin said that he had ordered Russian nuclear forces on high combat alert – apparently to deter the United States from getting directly involved, and the United States condemned the statement as “unacceptable” nuclear saber rattling but refused to respond in kind, the two vehemently […]

04.06.22 | 7 min read
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Blog
Flying Under The Radar: A Missile Accident in South Asia

For the first time ever, a nuclear-armed state accidentally launched a missile at another nuclear-armed state. How did this happen?

04.04.22 | 10 min read
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Emerging Technology
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Policy Memo
An Earthshot for Clean Steel and Aluminum

Climate action and U.S. manufacturing competitiveness are deeply intertwined and require a coordinated strategy.

03.28.22 | 8 min read
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