Article 6WHHC Trump administration cuts $4m to Princeton’s climate research funding

Trump administration cuts $4m to Princeton’s climate research funding

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Richard Luscombe
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White House claims university's work exposed students to climate anxiety' and exaggerated climate threats'

Almost $4m in federal funding has been stripped from an Ivy League university's prestigious climate research department because the Trump administration has determined it exposed students and other young people to climate anxiety".

The government research grants to Princeton University have been cut off because the White House considers its work on topics including sea level rise, coastal flooding and global warming to be promoting exaggerated and implausible climate threats", according to the New York Times.

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