What Trump's decision to bar scientists from the IPCC means

In yet another attack on science and the climate, the Donald Trump administration has barred American government scientists from attending the first meeting of the year of the most important global panel of researchers on climate change. According to US newspaper reports, Katherine Calvin, chief scientist at NASA (the US space agency), was unable to travel to Hangzhou, China, to participate in the meeting, which marks the start of production of …

Donald Trump had promised, Donald Trump has executed. Since his inauguration a month ago, Donald Trump has followed the signing of decrees by attacking science in his heart. Thousands of scientists are threatened and dismissed for poor performance, even though it was sometimes a question of promotion. Following a decree with a [...]