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What’s in & what’s out for 2020

william schlesinger
President Emeritus, Biogeochemist

Every year the Washington Post publishes a list of “What’s Out and What’s In” for Washington, D.C. On New Year’s Day, we always spend a few minutes with friends trying to guess “What’s In.”

What’s Out

What’s In

Peer ReviewExecutive Decree
Exxon MobilGreta Thunberg
Clean WaterCoal-ash Leaching
Hurricane ModelsBlack Sharpies
Chinook SalmonPebble Creek Mining
Bear’s EarsBold-face Lies
Cars in New York CityGondolas in Miami
Cigarette SmokeAir Pollution
An Inconvenient TruthA Hoax
California Dreamin’Wildfires
Right WhalesSeismic Testing
Murray CoalFirst Solar
Migratory BirdsBirdies
GlyphosateRegenerative Farming
Liberal ConservationConservative Exploitation
Habitat ConnectivityBorder Walls
French WineScandinavian Wines
Arctic tundraOil Leasing
Breast feedingVeganism
Clean Power PlanCarbon Sequestration
william schlesinger
President Emeritus, Biogeochemist

William Schlesinger is active in communicating science to policy makers and media. He has testified about environmental issues in Congress and in state houses, and has been featured in media including NOVA, the Weather Channel, Discover, National Geographic, and the New York Times.

He discusses a range of environmental issues in his weekly blog, Translational Ecology.