The Folly of Trump Taking a “Wrecking Ball” to a Crucial Science Advisory Board

This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Since the start of his second term last year, President Donald Trump has sought to weaken the federal foundations underpinning American science, slashing or stalling research funding, firing or pushing out thousands of scientists, canceling grants for ideological reasons and shuttering research facilities across the country. […]