The bias against science finds reinforcement in Mr. Trump’s budget and the people he has chosen for important scientific jobs. The National Science Foundation, a government agency that funds a variety of scientific and engineering research projects, would be trimmed by about 11 percent. Plant and animal-related science at the Agriculture Department, data analysis at the Census Bureau and earth science at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration would all suffer. reductions aim at reducing the focus on climate science? “The future ain’t what it used to be at the E.P.A.,” Mr. Pruitt is fond of saying of his agency.

Source: New York Times September 09, 2017 20:15 UTC