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2 June 2025
Forward with Purpose, Determined with Action
We have a promising update regarding the case for which AGU is one of the plaintiffs. In AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO, et al., v. Donald J. Trump et al., Judge Susan Illston of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted the request for a preliminary injunction, which blocks the government from executing any of their reduction-in-force (RIFs) and reorganization plans until the case comes to …
7 May 2025
AGU Board of Directors selects new Executive Director and CEO Janice R. Lachance
The American Geophysical Union (AGU) Board of Directors and Executive Search Committee is pleased to announce AGU’s new Executive Director and CEO is Janice R. Lachance, J.D., Fellow of the American Society of Association Executives (FASAE) and the National Academy of Public Administration. The Board of Directors and the Executive Search Committee believe Janice embodies the versatile leadership qualities and competencies required to lead AGU’s complex scientific enterprise into the …
29 April 2025
Who We Are, What We Fight For: AGU and the Administration’s First 100 Days
Today is Day 100 of the U.S. Administration. Media pundits, policymakers, and legal scholars are all marking this with a wide range of analysis and discussion. But we can also measure these first 100 days in actions of care, support, and leadership. AGU is committed to a global partnership that amplifies and supports science lifting the needs and voices of our members. Our approach these past 100 days is just …
24 April 2025
All in this Together: Protecting the Global Scientific Enterprise
AGU is a global community. Across 6 continents, in 200 countries and regions, we connect with one another, championing research, discovery, and solutions. Borders, languages, time zones, and customs might zig zag their way across our membership map, but science remains our guiding star and our uniting purpose. It’s even woven into an official AGU position statement: the Earth and space sciences are borderless and their data, a world heritage. …
21 April 2025
Remembering Pope Francis’ Climate Leadership
AGU mourns the passing of Pope Francis. A champion for people around the world, His Holiness staked out important new ground in spreading awareness, education and hope in facing the global climate crisis. Many actions by Pope Francis speak to his commitment to the climate issue. In 2015, in a first time papal encyclical on climate, Laudato Si, Pope Francis cited the vulnerability of poorer populations and nations to climate …
5 March 2025
The State of the Science Union
What You Didn’t Hear Last Night but Need to Know Last night, President Trump addressed a joint session of Congress. Titled “The Renewal of the American Dream,” there was heavy emphasis on the economy, border security, and foreign relations, but what you didn’t hear was the realities of a hollowing out of the federal workforce that has weakened critical scientific expertise, abdicated climate leadership, shrunk important research, and frozen global …
3 February 2025
Standing Together for Science: Supporting Our Community Amid Federal Funding Challenges
I am sharing an update to my January 27 From the Prow message regarding the Executive Orders and directives coming from the United States federal government and how they are affecting AGU’s members and the broader scientific community. We are requesting your input on how these federal directives have been impacting you and your work, as your shared experiences are vital to our advocacy efforts. Based on what we know …
21 December 2024
Second Averted U.S. Government Shutdown of FY25
For the second time in the fiscal year 2025 appropriations cycle, the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate have agreed to a short-term funding measure to avert a government shutdown. With yet another temporary solution, the future of U.S. science remains in jeopardy. AGU urgently calls on lawmakers to prioritize stability and investment in scientific research by passing a robust and sustainable budget for fiscal year 2025. Budget impasses threaten …
30 September 2024
AGU Updates Critical Position Statements on Climate, Communications and Data
We are pleased to announce the approval of three updated position statements that will help shape the future of climate action, science communication and data sharing. AGU position statements—created, revised and approved by members with feedback and support from experts in related fields—are what enable AGU to take adaptive stances on significant policy issues ranging from climate change to national security. These statements, which are updated in a recurring four-year …
