Scientific societies say they'll step up after Trump puts key climate report in doubt
Earlier DU thread: Private organizations step up to do science that was cut back by the Trump administration
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Source: Associated Press
Scientific societies say they’ll step up after Trump puts key climate report in doubt
By SETH BORENSTEIN
Updated 6:13 PM EDT, May 2, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two major scientific societies on Friday said they will try to fill the void from the Trump administration’s dismissal of scientists writing a cornerstone federal report on what climate change is doing to the United States.
The American Meteorological Society and the American Geophysical Union said they will work together to produce peer-reviewed research documents assessing the current and future national impacts of climate change because a science-based report required by law is suddenly in question under President Donald Trump.
Earlier this week, Trump’s Republican administration told about 400 scientists working on the National Climate Assessment that they were no longer needed and that the report was being reevaluated. That report, coming once every four to five years, is required by a 1990 federal law and was due out around 2027. Preliminary budget documents show slashing funding or eliminating offices involved in coordinating that report, scientists and activists said.
“We are filling in a gap in the scientific process,” AGU President Brandon Jones said. “It’s more about ensuring that science continues.”
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