BREAKING: Trump bans EPA employees from providing updates on social media or to reporters, bars awarding new contracts or grants.
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 24, 2017
A rogue national park is tweeting out climate change facts in defiance of Donald Trump https://t.co/SrfvM5d7Uu
— TIME (@TIME) January 24, 2017
As the expression goes: Not the Onion.
BREAK. HHS workers, too, have been told to cease communications with members of Congress, press. W/ @kate_sheppard https://t.co/IA6qlpUbAl
— Sam Stein (@samsteinhp) January 24, 2017
if this happened in another country we'd start assuming a coup was underway https://t.co/U4MPX56ZHi
— Zeddy (@ZeddRebel) January 24, 2017
people: it is not an accident that govt accts are all suddenly tweeting climate data. it’s a plea. get scraping now please. https://t.co/2q4DrsjePN
— Maryn McKenna (@marynmck) January 25, 2017
Scientists, angry after being told to be quiet, are planning a march on Washingtonhttps://t.co/xbBptgYBxT
— Dino Grandoni (@dino_grandoni) January 24, 2017
Are scientists going to march on Washington? Yes we are! https://t.co/9MzZVgiQ7Q
— ScienceMarchonDC (@ScienceMarchDC) January 25, 2017
… We are working to schedule a March for Science on DC and across the United States. We have not settled on a date yet but will do so as quickly as possible and announce it here.
Although this will start with a march, we hope to use this as a starting point to take a stand for science in politics. Slashing funding and restricting scientists from communicating their findings (from tax-funded research!) with the public is absurd and cannot be allowed to stand as policy. This is a non-partisan issue that reaches far beyond people in the STEM fields and should concern anyone who believes in empirical research and science.
There are certain things that we accept as facts with no alternatives. The Earth is becoming warmer due to human action. The diversity of life arose by evolution. Politicians who devalue expertise risk making decisions that do not reflect reality and must be held accountable. An American government that ignores science to pursue ideological agendas endangers the world…
Much depends on the Parks Service calendar, of course… Be nice to have it on Pi Day, March 14th, but many people can only take the time on a weekend. March 12th is the start of Daylight Savings Time… Spring forward!…
Maybe they can use this as an anthem:
(The official video is awesome, also too.)
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