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Environment
Issue Brief
Seeing Through the Haze: How the federal government does (and doesn’t) work to reduce public exposure to wildland fire smoke

…(DOE, DoD, DHS, NIST ) agencies all take part in wildland fire smoke research, with frequent collaboration across agencies and offices (e.g. FASMEE and FIREX-AQ, below). In addition, federal agencies…

09.13.23 | 24 min read
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Emerging Technology
Blog
Revolutionary Advances in AI Won’t Wait

The Pentagon has turned innovation into a buzzword, and everyone can agree on the need for faster innovation. It seems a new innovation office is created every week. Yet when…

08.30.23 | 6 min read
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Clean Energy
Blog
Systems Thinking in Climate: Positive Tipping Points Jumpstart Transformational Change

…accelerated transitions happen in a just and equitable manner.  Over the past year, FAS has centralized the concept of positive tipping points as an organizing principle in how we think…

08.29.23 | 3 min read
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Environment
Issue Brief
Six hot opportunity areas to beat the heat through federal policy

…from the heat, this high core temperature can result in organ failure, cognitive damage, and death. These human health impacts are harder to account for in benefit-cost analyses that drive…

08.13.23 | 13 min read
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Clean Energy
Report
State of the Federal Clean Energy Workforce

…familiar with federal hiring processes–broadening offices’ reach and increasing the diversity of applicants. FAS’s work with DOE has demonstrated these benefits. With FAS and other organizations, DOE has successfully used…

07.31.23 | 23 min read
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