Happy Monday, listeners.

For Scientific American Science quickly, this is Rachel Fultman.

We usually start off the week with a news roundup, but today we're doing something a little different.

On Friday, we talked to a few Scientific American editors about how the upcoming election could impact issues of science and health policy.

Today, we're back to hear from a few more Siam staffers before we run out of time to hit the polls.

First up, we'll see where Donald Trump and Kamala Harris stand on climate change and energy policy.

I'm Andrea Thompson. I'm associate editor for Earth and Environment.

So we're in a little bit of a mixed bag on climate and energy.

You know, we're not where we need to be in terms of reducing our greenhouse gas emissions.

But President Biden's efforts have been by far the most any presidential administration has taken to try and tackle that problem. A lot of that comes from

the Inflation Reduction Act, which has put a lot of funding towards renewable energy and

electric vehicles. But there are also efforts at the EPA to reduce greenhouse gas emissions,

and all of those collectively will make hopefully the biggest

tent that we can. But a lot of that depends on, you know, what happens in this election.

Vice President Harris hasn't talked a lot about climate change on its face in her public

appearances or in debates, but it is widely expected that she would continue

and likely build on what President Biden is done. Her record as a senator and before that as

Attorney General in California was very favorable towards environmental justice, towards climate

change issues. Of the experts I talked to, a lot of them were really excited, particularly about her housing

policy, because where people live has a big influence on the greenhouse gas emissions

associated with their lifestyles.

So one of the biggest things I think we would expect a Harris administration to do is continue

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