What Do Bitter Greens Mean to the Public?The US bioeconomy has an opportunity to build public trust by creating new mechanisms for public engagement and transparency.

Regulations for the BioeconomyReaders debate the kind of regulatory system necessary for building a bioeconomy that delivers environmental, economic, and social benefits.

How A Defunct Policy Is Still Impacting 11 Million People 90 Years Later - Federation of American ScientistsCurrently, there are 200+ cities and thousands of communities that are, like Philadelphia, enduring the systemic implications of redlining. 

I Don’t Make the Rules, I Comment on ThemHow can scientists and other experts weigh in on federal rules that affect us all? Science Network guest blogger Chris Gillespie shares his experience and advice.

Seizing the policy moment in crop biotech regulation: an interdisciplinary response to the Executive Order on biotechnologyframework for agricultural biotechnology products. In the fall of 2022, the Executive Order called for the identification of areas of ambiguity, gaps, or uncertainties in the regulation of biotechnology (Executive Order, 2022). Despite the fact that genetically engineered crops and products can yield scientific controversy and public contestation (Gordon et al., 2021;Lefebvre et al., 2016;Cummings and Peters, 2022), the Executive Order gives little explicit direction for their development. Appropriate governmental oversight of these products is necessary to assess potential benefits and risks, facilitate international trade, and build public trust (NASEM, 2016). The governance of US crop biotechnology has been in policy flux since genetic engineering was first put forth as a means of addressing challenges in agriculture and food security and is fraught with complexity and controversy. Oversight in the form of policies and frameworks for regulation should assist society in assessing the potential benefits, risks, and other concerns arising from new technologies (Carroll et al., 2016). And public engagement in the processes of development of agricultural biotechnology has the potential to strengthen the credibility of both developers and regulators, while providing a means to address issues related to public trust and socio-cultural concerns (Kjeldaas et al., 2023). However, current regulation lacks the transparency and public deliberation needed to incorporate the views of ...

Environmental sustainability: Why on 'earth' should we care?A wave of awareness has begun, and it is centered around saving planet Earth.