Stand up for science: Not everyone, not even in the USA, applaud ai steps back that the administration Trump He is doing in the environmental field: on 7 March the climate and environmental scientists went down to the main squares of New York and many cities in the world to say enough to mass layoffs in scientific agenciesand in general to the crusades against science.
The layoffs and project 2025 of the Trump government
The US Republican Party has never hidden questionable climate positions and in general on environmental protection: in his’Project 2025 ‘ in fact he defines the laws on the protection of the environment a “obstacle to economic development “.
In the name of this “project” the US said Farewell to the Paris agreements And canceled any reference to climate change from government siteswhich was followed by the revocation of all concessions for wind projects offshorethus making another huge step back in the road to the green transition.
To follow, Trump has signed an executive order by affirming that departments and government agencies should no longer buy and use paper straws in the future, aiming for the return toexclusive use of plastic.
The Last But Not The Least, In two months of Trumpian government, they have so far recorded:
I am worried about my country right now
clearly says Francis Collinswhich recently left the National Institutes of Health After 32 years of service there, more than a decade as director
Among the first to suffer the consequences of the cuts there are scientists specialized in the protection of endangered species.
Nick Gladstonebiologist of the caves and former biologist chief for theUs Fish and Wildlife Servicewas responsible for the Protection of 15 underground invertebrates and the Central Texas cavesbut now he is a victim of the “efficiency of the US government”.
We are witnessing the more aggressive anti -scientific government than the United States They never had – thunders the astronomer Phil Plait – we have already fought non -slip in the past and we have won
The protests of March 7, 2025
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But there are those who say no: in many countries of the world, scientists who deal with climate have protested by descending to the square under the flag of Stand up for science (US movement born in mid -February to support science), a New York And in many cities in the world.
Breaking News: Thousands of Researches and Their Supporters, Including Recently FiG Federal World, Have Gathered Across the US in Response to Layoffs and Funding Cuts Orthoded by the Trump Administration. https://t.co/nnz9it0uod
– News from Science (@Newsfupience) March 7, 2025
There is no moment when the world can afford to abandon science, of course, but this is truly a terrible and very dangerous moment: i climate change I am no longer a threat, they are a terrible and evident reality, so much so that mitigation is now unfortunately giving way to adaptation plans.
And not only climate change: many animal and vegetable species are in danger, and for others there is already nothing more to do.
We cannot and we must not remain silent in the face of attempts to deny reality. And, when this is unfortunately negative, fight to change it.
Our political objectives include the restoration of federal scientific fundingthe reinstatement of the dismissed employees unjustly at the federal agencies, the end of the interference and the government censorship in science and a renewed commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility in science – We read on the Stand Up for Science website – We also commit ourselves to giving power to scientists, and anyone who has benefited from scientific progress, to engage in a defense supported in the years to come
Sources: Stand Up for Science / Stand Up for Science / Instagram / News from Science / X / Science
