Trump team takes aim at crown jewel of US climate research

Trump team takes aim at crown jewel of US climate research



by silence7

4 comments
  1. Trump, his enablers, and the majority of the GOP, are truly evil psychopaths. There seems to be a real intent from this incoming administration to be as malevolent as possible – science, facts, and truth be damned.

    Given what’s at stake here, these really are some of the most dangerous people on the planet right now, and their actions (or lack thereof) could have centuries-long consequences.

  2. “The drive to reshape the National Climate Assessment is being led by one man: Russell Vought, a conservative warrior whom Trump wants to lead his Office of Management and Budget.

    Vought, who ran OMB during Trump’s first term, has long sought to bury or weaken the National Climate Assessment. More recently, Vought has called for greater White House influence over the process, such as giving OMB the power to vet the scientists who will work on the next assessment.

    During the first Trump administration, Vought was part of a meeting in the White House situation room where officials discussed firing the scientists who worked on the fourth edition, according to two Trump White House officials who were present.

    Vought also is a chief architect of Project 2025, the conservative policy playbook that outlined how a second Trump administration could shift the federal government to the right.”

  3. The scientific enterprise is an effort to remove bias from our observations. This NCA will in no way be a scientific paper and anyone who points to this as “proof” that climate change is a hoax or that “both sides” of the issue need to be debated can be dismissed with prejudice.

    Tangentially, anyone remember when Elon Musk was the guy who wanted to make electric cars in order to combat carbon emissions? Look at us now…

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