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The letter writer makes a case that former President Donald Trump's actions to rewrite the climate change story by weakening science-based governmental departments, such as the Commerce Department under Secretary Wilbur Ross, affecting the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and by extension the National Weather Service (NWS).
Under President Joko Widodo, Indonesia has gained international praise for its conservation policies. But now the government is clamping down on scientists who are questioning official claims that the country’s endangered orangutan and rhino populations are increasing.
We documented 328 anti-science actions taken by the Trump administration. Biden has only reversed or reconsidered nine of them.
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