{"id":178,"date":"2017-05-25T14:43:43","date_gmt":"2017-05-25T19:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/big\/?page_id=178"},"modified":"2021-04-05T15:27:59","modified_gmt":"2021-04-05T19:27:59","slug":"science-and-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/big\/resources\/science-and-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Science and Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1>\n\t\tPolicy Resources\n\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/mitspi.squarespace.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t<img src=\"http:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/big\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/89\/2017\/05\/spi.png\" alt=\"spi\" title=\"spi\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/mitspi.squarespace.com\/\">Science Policy Initiative<\/a> is a student group at MIT that meets to discuss issues regarding science policy. They also arrange a Science and Technology Bootcamp Course during IAP and organize Executive and Congressional Visit Days to Washington, DC.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aaas.org\/informing-policy\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t<img src=\"http:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/big\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/89\/2017\/05\/bluelogo_withName.png\" alt=\"bluelogo_withName\" title=\"bluelogo_withName\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aaas.org\/informing-policy\">AAAS<\/a> is devoted to advocating for science and technology policy. Follows their latest initiatives and projects.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.acs.org\/content\/acs\/en\/policy.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t<img src=\"http:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/big\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/89\/2017\/05\/acs-logo.png\" alt=\"acs-logo\" title=\"acs-logo\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<p>Similar to AAAS the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acs.org\/content\/acs\/en\/policy.html\">American Chemical Society<\/a> also has a strong science policy and advocacy arm.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.environmentalleague.org\/our-work\/priorities\/priority-issues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t<img src=\"http:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/big\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/89\/2017\/05\/elm-300x92.jpeg\" alt=\"elm\" title=\"elm\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.environmentalleague.org\/our-work\/priorities\/priority-issues\/\">Environmental League of Massachusetts <\/a>lists their legislative priorities for the fiscal year. It&#8217;s a great way to learn about upcoming legislation concerning environmental issues.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sierraclub.org\/massachusetts\/2017-2018-legislative-priorities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t<img src=\"http:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/big\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/89\/2017\/05\/sierra.png\" alt=\"sierra\" title=\"sierra\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<p>The Sierra Club Regional Chapters also list legislative priorities and concerns. We&#8217;ve linked the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sierraclub.org\/massachusetts\/2017-2018-legislative-priorities\">MA chapter<\/a> but explore others!<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Policy Resources The Science Policy Initiative is a student group at MIT that meets to discuss issues regarding science policy. They also arrange a Science and Technology Bootcamp Course during IAP and organize Executive and Congressional Visit Days to Washington, DC. AAAS is devoted to advocating for science and technology policy. Follows their latest initiatives&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":114,"featured_media":0,"parent":56,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/big\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/178"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/big\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/big\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/big\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/114"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/big\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/big\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1414,"href":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/big\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/178\/revisions\/1414"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/big\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/big\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}