Trump dismisses contributors to key US report on climate crisis preparedness | Trump administration
Donald TrumpAdministration of all contributors to the leading study of the United States government refused on how to prepare The effects of climate changeThis prompted strong criticism from experts on a “meaningless” step.
Climate evaluation is used by federal and local governments to understand them How to prepare for the effects of the climate crisis Including extreme heat, hurricanes, floods and dehydration.
The dismissal of approximately 400 shareholders, who are scientists and other experts, in the sixth national climate evaluation (NAC), which is included in Congress, leaves the future of the report in doubt since the multi -year analysis that was reviewed by the perpetrators is scheduled to be published in 2028.
Experts were notified on Monday by email. “At this time, the NCA6 range is evaluated according to the 1990 Global Change Research Law,” said Reuters, in reference to the legislation that began the reviews signed by George Hau Bush, president of the Republican.
NASA is supervised by NAC The Trump administration refused earlier this monthIt has coordinated inputs from 14 federal agencies and hundreds of external scientists.
NAC reports have been published since 2000.
“Today, today, Trump administration It underestimated the decisive and comprehensive American climate science report by rejecting its authors without reason or plan.
“People all over the country depend on NCA to understand how climate change affects their already daily lives and what can be expected in the future.
“The attempt to bury this report will not change the scientific facts a little, but without this information, our country risks blindness to a more dangerous world by changing the climate that a person causes. The only beneficiaries in disrupting or killing this report are the fossil fuel industry … Congress must require the report required by law with scientific integrity and delivery in the specified path.”
Erin Sikorski, director of the United States Climate and Security Center, Thinktank, said, said Thinktank, In the publication of social media: “Prevention of climate dangers is not present and does not make them disappear, unfortunately. This step puts the Americans, our societies and our security at risk.”
The rejection of the evaluation experts is the latest in a set of moves by the Trump administration to end or reduce climate research while following the “drilling, child, drilling” agenda to determine the priorities of the fossil fuel industry.
It was federal sites Climate information cleansing and weather Reducing the size of agencies in size, which prompted the warnings that the Americans became less secure amid the reality of the climate crisis.
In February, Trump officials also deprived the permission of American scientists to attend a meeting of the United Nations International Climate Change, which is the leading entity in climate science in the world. The federal government also Eliminate that it a contract With ICF International to maintain American support and participate in the body.
Reuters contributed to this report
