The choice to face climate change remains voluntary since the inevitable future seems unavoidable — which is pretty much what the Trump administration has decided to do.
The US government has withdrawn funding support for climate change research along with studies that mention it in any way. The blatant nature of censorship observed in this particular situation would be hilarious if it occurred anywhere else. An environmental scientist who chose to remain anonymous reported that their Department of Transportation grant disappeared when the Trump administration took power — until they changed the title to remove the word “climate.” 🙂
The action comes as part of the Trump administration’s broader freeze on climate spending via an executive order that has cut off federal investments in numerous clean energy projects, in a bid to supercharge the domestic fossil fuels industry.
Trump, who has called climate change a hoax, has long been hostile to environmental initiatives. During his first term in office, he had removed America from its commitment under the Paris climate accord which aimed to restrict temperature increases to 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit. Upon taking office for a second time, Trump has exited the climate agreement for the second time.
The Trump administration’s current censorship attempt extends even to the National Disaster Preparedness Training Center at the University of Hawaii as a administrator performs mandated deletions of “climate change” content from educational materials.
The Trump administration has also blocked the government scientists from participating in a meeting of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. This US decision to skip the upcoming China meeting has created an indefinite pause for the scheduled event.
The Trump administration’s stance on climate change is not just a denial of reality but a dangerous precedent that undermines scientific progress. Ignoring the problem, as this administration has chosen to do, only ensures that the consequences will be far more severe for future generations.
Reference- The Washington Post,The NewYork Times, National Geographic, BBC