The Trump administration has dismissed nearly 400 contributors to the sixth National Climate Assessment (NCA6), leading to significant backlash from scientific experts. The NCA6 is a key federal report, mandated by Congress, that informs both federal and local governments on climate change impacts, including extreme weather events. Experts argue that this dismissal jeopardizes the integrity and future of the report, which is essential for understanding climate change's effects on society. The NCA has been in publication since 2000 and is crucial for public awareness and policy-making, contrary to the administration's actions, which critics view as politically motivated.
Today, the Trump administration senselessly took a hatchet to a crucial and comprehensive US climate science report by dismissing its authors without cause or a plan.
People around the nation rely on the NCA to understand how climate change is impacting their daily lives already and what to expect in the future.
Trying to bury this report won't alter the scientific facts one bit but without this information our country risks flying blind into a world made more dangerous by human-caused climate change.
The only beneficiaries of disrupting or killing the NCA are those who wish to ignore climate change's reality.
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