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In the Trump Administration, Science Is Unwelcome. So Is Advice.
There is no chief scientist at the State Department, where science is central to foreign policy matters such as cybersecurity and global warming. Nor is there a chief scientist at the Department of Agriculture: Mr. Trump last year nominated Sam Clovis, a former talk-show host with no scientific background, to the position, but he withdrew his name and no new nomination has been made.
https://www.nytimes.com/subscription/multiproduct/lp8XRTS.html?campaignId=7QX8K&op=1
These and other decisions have consequences for public health and safety and the economy. Both the Interior Department and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have disbanded climate science advisory committees. The Food and Drug Administration disbanded its Food Advisory Committee, which provided guidance on food safety.
Government-funded scientists said in interviews that they were seeing signs that their work was being suppressed, and that they were leaving their government jobs to work in the private sector, or for other countries.
Rick Perry reportedly had a different idea about what the energy secretary does
Perry was under the impression that he would be taking on an ambassador role for the US oil and gas industries, according to The Times. In fact, a majority of the job involves overseeing the country's nuclear weapons, in addition to researching new methods of creating energy.
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Former Dancing with the Stars alumni, Rick Perry, succeeded Ernest Moniz, who chaired the physics department at MIT.
Come on, you don't need to be an expert. It's only nuclear weapons.
Rick Perry demonstrating his qualifications:
There is no chief scientist at the State Department, where science is central to foreign policy matters such as cybersecurity and global warming. Nor is there a chief scientist at the Department of Agriculture: Mr. Trump last year nominated Sam Clovis, a former talk-show host with no scientific background, to the position, but he withdrew his name and no new nomination has been made.
https://www.nytimes.com/subscription/multiproduct/lp8XRTS.html?campaignId=7QX8K&op=1
These and other decisions have consequences for public health and safety and the economy. Both the Interior Department and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have disbanded climate science advisory committees. The Food and Drug Administration disbanded its Food Advisory Committee, which provided guidance on food safety.
Government-funded scientists said in interviews that they were seeing signs that their work was being suppressed, and that they were leaving their government jobs to work in the private sector, or for other countries.
Rick Perry reportedly had a different idea about what the energy secretary does
Perry was under the impression that he would be taking on an ambassador role for the US oil and gas industries, according to The Times. In fact, a majority of the job involves overseeing the country's nuclear weapons, in addition to researching new methods of creating energy.
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Former Dancing with the Stars alumni, Rick Perry, succeeded Ernest Moniz, who chaired the physics department at MIT.
Come on, you don't need to be an expert. It's only nuclear weapons.
Rick Perry demonstrating his qualifications:
