Re:Smog in Western U.S. Starts Out as Pollution in Asia, Res...
by curun1r on Sunday March 05, 2017 @12:55PM
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> The study's authors said their work was funded by NASA grants...
Expect those grants to go away under the current administration. It's one thing to argue about the best policy in light of scientifically-observed data. But when you start denying facts and limiting the opportunity for scientists to gather data in the first place, all that's left is uninformed opinion. Anyone's uninformed opinion is problematic, but Trump et al have uninformed opinions that are truly dangerous.
Expect those grants to go away under the current administration. It's one thing to argue about the best policy in light of scientifically-observed data. But when you start denying facts and limiting the opportunity for scientists to gather data in the first place, all that's left is uninformed opinion. Anyone's uninformed opinion is problematic, but Trump et al have uninformed opinions that are truly dangerous.