THE MARCH FOR SCIENCE

Tomorrow is the march for science--any kind of science and the following Saturday will be the march for the climate. 

Today's New York Times have beautiful photos of icebergs floating by Ferrytown, Newfoundland. This isn't supposed to happen. I read John Kerry's oped in the Washington Post why he is optimistic this coming Earth Day. He traced his involvement from the first Earth Day when there was no EPA until the day he signed the Paris Climate Agreement--amazing progress over 40 years but the time is running out. 

Scott Pruitt announced the war against coal was over. He actually went to a coal burning power plant that the EPA has found pollutes the equivalent of a few thousand cars per year. Senator Blount of Missouri said that to have an EPA director who sued the EPA all the time was amazing. Amazing Indeed.

But the broader attack on science is throughout the Trump administration. All science grants that have already been approved are suspended. So you have to hear celebrities tell NPR which cures for diseases are threatened. Maria Shriver tells you that it is alzheimer's . Do we know whether Joe Biden's Moonshot on Cancer is still alive? I bet not.

It is incredible that the United States now consciously decides to cede scientific leadership to other countries. This was our pride since Benjamin Franklin. 

Small things like the special visas for the tech industry negatively impact us.
We still don't know how bad the Bully Budget will be for science but the early numbers are catastrophic. 

Only a few scientists have the stomach for fighting back like Michael Mann. The plight of science and science teaching in this country is not even covered by the media. You only get to hear about climate change on the late night comedy shows. Certainly not in the major media.

Hopefully tomorrow will be a start for all those people who love and respect science. Get out and march!