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Our experts and analysts weigh in on the latest developments in the Trump administration.
New Documents Reveal the Spectacular Unraveling of a Final Trump Polluter Hand-Out
Julie McNamara, Senior Energy analyst
January 19, 2021 1:29 PM EDT
The poisonous lies and enablers of sedition--including Senator Hawley, pictured here with the president--will remain even after Trump leaves office. The new president and Congress have the chance to begin to right many wrongs. But they need our strength to hold them to task--and to hold them accountable for resetting the norms, actions, and policies of our government. Photo: Charlie Riedel/AP
After the Insurrection: Accountability, Reform, and the Science of Democracy
Andrew Rosenberg, director, Center for Science & Democracy
January 8, 2021 7:13 AM EDT
The poisonous lies and enablers of sedition will remain even after Trump leaves office. The disinformation campaigns to lie about our elections and government aren’t going away unless we fight them. The new president and Congress has the chance to begin to right many wrongs. But they need our strength to hold them to task. To hold them accountable for resetting the norms, actions, and policies of our government. As a constitutional democracy, we the people are not bystanders. Scientists can not be bystanders. Our voices, our ideas, our knowledge, and our constituency are all critical to the making the changes we need. Read more >
What I Told CNN: A Climate Denier Shouldn’t Be Leading at NOAA
Gretchen Goldman, Research Director, Center for Science and Democracy
September 15, 2020 3:40 PM EDT
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration just appointed a climate denier to an agency leadership position. I went on CNN’s Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer yesterday to explain why the appointment of Dr. David Legates is dangerous for NOAA, for the future of federal climate change leadership, and for the public. Here’s why this appointment is a reckless move. Read more >
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The Deadly Consequences of Sidelining Science and Government During a Pandemic
Anita Desikan, Research Analyst
September 3, 2020 2:03 PM EDT
In the US to date, more than 185,000 people have died due to COVID-19—many times in pain, unable to breathe, and separated from their families. Many of these deaths, which disproportionately affect Black and Brown communities, could have been prevented if governments had made different public policy choices. And yet at every stage of the pandemic, some federal and state governments have chosen to sideline science and policy choices based on science. Read more >
Migratory Birds vs. the Trump Administration: This Time the Birds Win
Maria Caffrey, Climate scientist
August 21, 2020 8:50 AM EDT
The Department of the Interior was dealt a serious blow earlier this month in its attempt to dismantle one of our most vital laws for protecting wildlife, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. A federal judge ruled that attempts by the agency to reinterpret the act to allow more bird deaths were unlawful, lacked any opportunity for public comment, and showed that “agency expertise is questionable at best.” Read more >
