I'm a scientist. Under Trump I lost my job for refusing to hide climate crisis facts | Maria Caffrey

I was a climate scientist in a climate-denying administration - and it cost me my job

The Trump administration's hostility towards climate science is not new. Interior climate staffer Joel Clement's reassignment and the blocking of intelligence aide Rod Schoonover's climate testimony, which forced both federal employees to resign in protest, are just two of the innumerable examples. These attempts to suppress climate science can manifest themselves in many ways. It starts with burying important climate reports and becomes something more insidious like stopping climate scientists from doing their jobs. In February 2019, I lost my job because I was a climate scientist in a climate-denying administration. And yet my story is no longer unique.

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