, leaksmp administration and whistleblowers. Today, i have this message for our friends in the Intelligence Community. The department of justice is open for business and i have this warning for would be leakers. Dont do it. We speak to a former cia analyst who is jailed for almost two years after he became the first cia official to differ to declare publicly the bush administrations use of waterboarding. And the mosque bombing on saturday. Why hasnt trump said a word about what the minnesota governor has described as an act of terrorism . Cowardly, ae, it terrible acts committed yesterday. It was a crime. If the roles were reversed, it would be called a terrorist attack and that is what it is. An act of terrorism. The president has been tweeting up a storm on his vacation but not a word on the mosque bombing. All that and more is coming up. To democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. I am amy goodman. The average temperature in the u. S. Has risen dramatically and the impacts of Climate Change are being felt across the country. The New York Times obtained and published a copy of the unreleased report monday, amid concerns from scientists that the studys findings may be suppressed, changed or censored by the Trump Administration, which has sought to deny the effects and human impacts on Climate Change. The report was conducted by scientists from 13 federal agencies, but it is awaiting the Trump Administrations approval before it an be officially released. It concludes evidence for a changing climate abounds, from the top of the atmosphere to the depths of the oceans. It also conclusively states that human activities, particularly the emissions of greenhouse gases, are the primary driver of Climate Change. The guardians revealed that workers at the u. S. Department of agriculture have been instructed not to use the words Climate Change in their reports. A series of emails show the censorship started immediately after Donald Trumps inauguration. In a january 24 email, a top official at the usda unit that oversees farmers Land Conservation wrote to other senior officials it has become clear one of the previous administrations priority is not consistent with that of the incoming administration. Namely, that priority is Climate Change. Please visit with your staff and make them aware of this shift in perspective within the executive branch. In more climate news, a new study has revealed more than 6 of the worlds gdp is poured into fossil fuel subsidies each year a Staggering Amount of money that tops 5 trillion annually. The study was published in the journal world development. The pentagon is considering launching airstrikes in the philippines against isis militants. Thats according to an nbc news report based on two unnamed defense officials, who say the strikes would likely be carried out by unmanned drones. On monday, secretary of state Rex Tillerson met with philippines president Rodrigo Duterte on the sidelines of a Regional Security summit in the philippines capital, manila. In syria, the local journalistic group raqqa is being slaughtered silently says up to 18 civilians were killed in u. S. Led Coalition Bombing and artillery shelling in raqqa monday, as the u. S. Backed campaign to seize the city from isis continues. The group also reports parts of the National Hospital in raqqa was destroyed by either the u. S. Led bombing, or u. S. Backed syrian forces. Residents continue to flee the city amid the fighting, although those displaced say the nearby refugee camps lack sufficient and water. The camp is ok but the heat is killing us. The heat is unbelievable. They have given us water and bread but it is not enough. Toi have arrived, i have yet receive anything. That is all i know, we havent been here long. Betweensions continue north korea. North korea is continuing to protest the imposition of dramatic u. N. Sanctions on its primary exports, including coal, iron, and seafood, saying the u. S. Is trying to drive the Korean Peninsula to the brink of nuclear war. This is bang kwang hyuk, north koreas spokesman at the association of Southeast Asian nations summit in the philippines capital, manila. Nuclear possession a threat to the world . Or just a threat to the United States . We want to make it clear that the situation on the Korean Peninsula, as well as the Nuclear Issue were carved by the United States. A news and washington, d. C. , recently resurfaced blog posts show the department of agricultures top scientist, sam clovis, calling progressives race traitors and liars, and calling president obama a socialist supported by criminal dissidents who were bent on overthrowing the government of states. Clovis has also come under fire for lacking the credentials to be the agriculture departments top scientist, given that hes published few peerreviewed Research Papers and denies the human impact on Climate Change. In los angeles, california, longtime u. S. Resident and father of four, romulo avelicagonzalez, has won an emergency stay of deportation, amid a National Campaign demanding he be allowed to stay in the United States. Ice immigration agents arrested him in late february while he was driving his two daughters to school. Immigration advocates fear his arrest signals a shift in ices longstanding policy against conducting enforcement activities at socalled sensitive locations, like schools, churches and hospitals. Speaking from the Adelanto Detention Center in San Bernardino county, avelicagonzalez said every day i wake up knowing that i must be at least half as strong as my children have been in their fight for my freedom. I will never give up fighting for my rights, and for the thets of other immigrants. Board of appeals is say keep you recognize were his right to stay in the United States. Thousands of yemenis and citizens of the five other majoritymuslim countries covered by trumps travel ban are currently stranded in different parts of the world as the state department refuses to honor the fact that they won a u. S. Government immigration lottery earlier this year. Many of the thousands who won the right to apply for a green card through the u. S. Diversity visa program lottery have already sold their homes and cars, left their jobs, and even relocated to djibouti, malaysia and other countries in anticipation of their move to the United States. Their eligibility to receive green cards under the program will end only three days after the travel ban is slated to expire on september 27, meaning their applications will likely not be processed in time. Former state Department OfficialStephen Pattison said taking this away from people who have won it is the cruelest possible thing this administration could do. It makes us look petty and cruel as a society. Unquote in kenya, voters are heading to the polls today in a contested election between current president Uhuru Kenyatta and former Prime Minister raila odinga. Last week, a senior election official was found murdered and bearing signs of torture, stoking fears of a repeat of the violence after an election 10 years ago, which saw about 1,200 People Killed and more than a halfmillion displaced. On monday night, kenyan president kenyatta urged peace regardless of the votes outcome. Results of this election, we must stand together as one people. Above all, we must reject intimidation. We must reject violence. Were any attempt to divide us. We must not disappoint the founders of this nation. And equally, we must not betray our children. Rwanda, ahile, in landslide election on friday. In russia, two members of the feminist punk group pussy riot were briefly arrested and detained by police in the town of yakutsk after attending a demonstration in support of jailed ukrainian film director , oleg sentsov. The two band members Maria Alyokhina and Olga Borisova were released after hours in Court Without charges later on monday. In india, nearly 2000 Police Attacked a encampment of attacked and encampment of demonstrators protesting the completion of the massive sardar sarovar hydroelectric dam on the Narmada River in central india on monday. At least 12 people were arrested, including prominent activist medha patkar of the National Alliance of peoples movements, who is on an indefinite Hunger Strike against the dam. The nearlycompleted project threatens to submerge the homes and villages of more than 40,000 people. Its faced decades of resistance led by peasant farmers and indigenous advocates who have lived for thousands of years on the land that would be submerged by the mega project. In vancouver, canada, climate activists blockaded trains carrying oil multiple times on monday to protest the construction of the proposed Vancouver Energy oil terminal. Two activists were arrested after dozens lay across the train tracks and some chained themselves to flower pots placed on the tracks. The activists said their protest was in solidarity with the activists arrested at trumps inauguration, who are now facing decades in prison, as well as with catholic workers ruby montoya and jessica reznicek, who sabotaged the Dakota Access pipeline in iowa, delaying construction for weeks. In puerto rico, the federally appointed oversight control board has announced it will slash the pensions for retired workers by up to 25 , and reduce the workday for all public workers, except police, by up to two days a month, as part of the ongoin the unelected financial board. Puerto ricos Governor Ricardo Rossello says he will refuse to implement the latest austerity measures, which are aimed at cutting public spending in order to pay the islands debt to wall street bondholders. But jose carrion, the chair of the financial oversight and management board, says the reduction of work days and pensions will be imposed despite the local governments objections. We dont consider this to be a recommendation. Anwas an integral man integral element. It is not a recommendation. We are asserting what we agreed upon. What we have decided. Washington, ae, judge has clear the way for two military psychologists who helped insight. Than millions of dollars. The lawsuit was brought by Suleiman Abdullah salim, Mohamed Ahmed ben soud, and the family of gul rahman, who froze to death in a secret cia black site. The courtssaid ruling means that for the first time, individuals responsible for the brutal and unlawful cia torture program will face meaningful legal accountability for what they did. Our clients have waited a long time for justice. He said. The trial is now scheduled to open september 5 in spokane, washington. And those are some of the headlines. This is democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. I am amy goodman. Is the Trump Administration trying to silence government scientists from working or talking about Climate Change . It is a growing concern in washington. On monday the guardian reported staff at the u. S. Department of agriculture have been instructed to avoid using the term Climate Change in their work. Meanwhile, the New York Times has published a draft of an alarming government report looking at how Climate Change in is already causing drastic dramatic impact in the United States. Scientists who worked on the study fear the study will be changed or suppressed by the Trump Administration. Amy scientists working inside the government are also being silenced in other ways. We are joined now by joel clement, a senior official within the interior department. Up until recently he focused on the dangers that Climate Change poses to alaska native communities in the arctic. But without explanation clement was recently transferred to a an n unrelated job within the interior department. He now collects royalty checks from oil and gas companies. Clement believes he was targeted for speaking out about Climate Change. He came public with his concerns in the pages of the Washington Post where he wrote a piece titled, im a scientist. Im blowing the whistle on the Trump Administration. According to news reports as many as 50 other senior interior Department Officials have also been reassigned since ryan zinke became head of the department. Joel clement, welcome to democracy now. Can you talk about the action that you took . Joel i took action on the Trump Administration because i believe today retaliated against me for disclosing the fact that these alaskan villages in the arctic are threatened by Climate Change. And my work with the federal government was to try to get that out of the way. What has been the response by the Trump Administration . Joel there has been no response yet. I didnt hear anything before or after the assignment. Could you talk about the directive for your reassignment from your work as a scientist to basically work as an accountant and how that happened . Joel there was no explanation for that. The irony is not lost on me. The intention was to get me to quit. I think that may have been the intention behind many of the reassignments. It goes against a long list of rules and procedures in the federal government. Can you talk about the work you were doing as a scientist, and terms of the conditions in alaska . Joel i was gordon the federal engagement in washington, d. C. The villages in alaska are poised on permafrost that is melting. The islands are no longer locked in place. Villagers in some cases have voted to relocate and others want to get out of harms way. There are evacuation plans that are realistic. My goal and objective in washington is to get the federal act together on helping them do that. It cannot be done without full engagement in washington. You talk about the landmark federal government report that has just been leaked . I found the average temperature in the u. S. Has risen dramatically since the 1980 and that impacts of Climate Change are already being felt . The New York Times obtained and published a copy of the report findingcerns that the may be suppressed, changed or censored by the Trump Administration which has sought to unite Climate Change. This just out today. Joel this is worldclass science. Until my reassignment, i was department of the interior principle for the department. This report is no secret. It has gone through draft form and has been evaluated by the National Academy and other scientific bodies. They wouldcern that suppressed this. Im not surprised that it has gotten out. A long pattern in the Trump Administration with modeling and sidelining scientists. For scientists, the integrity of their work and the integrity of the departments they work for is paramount and this is very worrisome. Amy can you talk about how long this report has been in the making . It came out just a few days after Jeff Sessions held a conversation about uighurs, a top priority of general john kelly, chief of staff of President Trump . Joel this report has been in the works for over a year. These reports that come out of the Global ChangeResearch Program are meticulous and well reviewed. It is a long drafting process. Some say it takes too long and we are being too careful but the fact is, we have to do that and it is important that it is done. This is worldclass work. The guardian has revealed that workers at the department back culture should not use the theirClimate Change in work. A generator 24th email, a top official at the u. S. The eight wrotehat oversees farmers to other senior officials it has become clear that one of the other previous administrations priorities is not consistent administration, namely, Climate Change. Please maker staff aware of this in the executive branch. And you talk about