Your 2024 Election Rundown, from Climate Change to Education

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🗓️ 4 November 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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The 2024 U.S. presidential candidates have very different visions for the country. On today’s show, host Rachel Feltman is joined by associate sustainability editor Andrea Thompson to talk about the climate choices faced by the next president and the shifting energy landscape. Senior news reporter Meghan Bartels reviews the gun control policies of the Biden administration and the complicated cultural dynamics around gun ownership that faces the next president. Plus, we discuss how public education could be stymied by a future Trump administration and how immigration decisions will shape the STEM workforce. Read more about the election: – In-depth coverage explains the candidates’ climate and energy policies – Kamala Harris and Donald Trump offer starkly different responses to gun violence – How the 2024 election could reshape education, from pre-K to college – The 2024 Election Will Define America’s Stance on Immigration, with Consequences for Science and Technology – Deep dives from other SciAm editors report on the candidates’ positions on artificial intelligence, heath care, and more E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guests associate news editor Allison Parshall, senior editor of mind and brain Gary Stix, senior news reporter Meghan Bartels and associate editor of sustainability Andrea Thompson. Our show is edited by Madison Goldberg with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:34.4	this is Rachel Fultman. We usually start off the week with a news roundup,
0:39.2	but today we're doing something a little different. On Friday, we talked to a few scientific
0:43.9	American editors about how the upcoming election could impact issues of science and health policy.
0:50.2	Today, we're back to hear from a few more Siam staffers before we run out of time to hit the polls.
0:56.2	First up, we'll see where Donald Trump and Kamala Harris stand on climate change and energy policy.
1:03.9	I'm Andrea Thompson. I'm associate editor for Earth and Environment.
1:08.4	So we're in a little bit of a mixed bag on climate and energy.
1:11.6	You know, we're not where we need to be in terms of reducing our greenhouse gas emissions,
1:15.6	but President Biden's efforts have been by far the most any presidential administration has
1:22.0	taken to try and tackle that problem.
1:24.3	A lot of that comes from the Inflation Reduction Act, which has put a lot of
1:29.9	funding towards renewable energy and electric vehicles. But there are also efforts at the EPA to
1:37.3	reduce greenhouse gas emissions. And all of those collectively will make hopefully the biggest
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