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CLIMATE CHANGE:
Climate change represents one of the greatest challenges of our time. The impacts of climate change are already being felt across the United States and around the world, increasing the frequency and severity of natural disasters, causing harm to both human and ecological health, and threatening our property, infrastructure, national security, and overall quality of life. While no single step can reverse the effects of climate change, the President has taken unprecedented action to address this critical issue, including outlining a comprehensive strategy to mitigate, prepare for, and lead global efforts to fight climate change under the Climate Action Plan; limiting carbon pollution from power plants under the Clean Power Plan; and leading a historic trip to the Arctic to raise awareness of the impacts of climate change. Learn more:
- White House: Energy, Climate Change, and Our Environment
- Climate Action Plan
- Fact Sheet
- Progress Report
- Clean Power Plan
- Fact Sheet
- White House: President Obama’s Trip to Alaska
- Fact Sheet: U.S. Leadership and the Historic Paris Agreement to Combat Climate Change
- National Climate Assessment
2016 WHITE HOUSE SCIENCE FAIR:
Beginning in 2010, President Obama established a tradition of welcoming K–12 students from around the country to the White House for the White House Science Fair, recognizing the extraordinary work that our Nation’s young people are already doing in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), and inspiring others to get excited about and involved in these important subjects. The 2016 White House Science Fair on April 13, 2016, was the biggest yet, including more than 130 students from more than 30 states. Learn more:
OPEN GOVERNMENT AND OPEN DATA:
The Obama Administration believes that responsible openness in government and data strengthens our democracy, fuels innovation, and promotes efficiency, effectiveness, and accountability. On his first day in office, President Obama signed a Memorandum on Transparency and Open Government, directing the development of an Open Government Directive to instruct executive departments and agencies to take specific actions to advance the principles of transparency, participation, and collaboration. Since then, the Obama Administration has continued to drive progress on these principles, including through the release of an Executive Order on making open and machine-readable data the new default for government information, and issuing a periodically updated Open Government National Action Plan. Learn more:
