The Grantham Institute at Imperial College #London, which specialises in #ClimateChange #research, is creating at least 2 more research fellowship posts for early-career #climate researchers from the US & has already seen an clear uptick in applications, said its Director of Research, Joeri Rogelj.

…Aix Marseille University in #France told Reuters it had received interest from 120 researchers at institutions in the US, including #NASA & #Stanford, for a €15-million “safe space for #science” program launched on March 7. The initiative aims to attract #US staff from fields including #health, #LGBT+ #medicine, #epidemiology & #ClimateChange.

The European Research Council, an #EU body that finances #scientific work, told Reuters it would double the relocation budget for funding #researchers moving to the EU to €2 million ($2.16 million) per applicant. That goes towards covering the cost of moving to a European institution, which may involve setting up a laboratory.

The threat to #academics' livelihoods at universities including #Yale, #Columbia & #JohnsHopkins has given #Europe's political leaders hope they could reap an #intellectual windfall.

A letter, reviewed by Reuters, signed in March by 13 European countries including #France, #Germany & #Spain, urged the #EU Commission to move fast to attract #academic talent.

One had just lost a job because of a canceled govt grant; the other feared a similar fate if they went ahead w/the paper. Although both were legally in the #US, they worried they might lose their residency if their names appeared on a potentially *controversial* article.

The subject: #evolution.

A #ConsentDecree, which can last for years, would give a federal judge responsibility for ensuring #ColumbiaUniversity changes its practices along lines laid out by #Trump’s admin. If such a decree is in place, #Columbia would have to comply with it. If a judge determines the #school is out of compliance, it could be held in contempt of court, punishable by penalties including fines.

Leavitt said the new #tariffs #Trump threatened #China with — totaling 104% levies — would go into effect at 12:01AM Wednesday, Eastern time, in the #UnitedStates.

Specifically, #ToddBlanche said the #Justice Dept will largely not bring cases that violate the #Bank Secrecy Act or contain unregistered #broker dealer violations & other registry requirements under the #Commodity #Exchange Act.

The memo said the National #Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team would be disbanded effective immediately.

“Dismissing the case without prejudice would create the unavoidable perception that the mayor’s freedom depends on his ability to carry out the #immigration enforcement priorities of the administration, & that he might be more beholden to the demands of the federal government than to the wishes of his own constituents,” the judge wrote.

“Everything here smacks of a bargain: dismissal of the indictment in exchange for immigration policy concessions,” Judge Ho wrote. He said he found it “disturbing” that public officials might get special treatment from prosecutors by complying w/ #Trump’s policy goals.

Judge Dale E. Ho’s order to dismiss the case “with prejudice” spares #EricAdams from having to govern in a way that pleases #Trump or potentially risk having the #Republican’s #DOJ revive the charges.

The judge said he wasn’t opining on the merits of the case, but that courts can’t force prosecutors to move forward. Still, he expressed qualms about the govt’s move, saying “there are many reasons to be troubled” by its reasoning.