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"Taking It to the Streets: Scientists Mobilize to Fight Trump’s “Unprecedented” Anti-Science Agenda" originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, independent news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment.
Scientists turned out at rallies from coast to coast and in Europe to “Stand Up for Science,” revitalizing a movement to defend scientific integrity that started during Trump’s first term.
SAN FRANCISCO—They came to testify to the life-saving benefits of medical research. They came to explain how scientific discoveries avert disasters and keep skyscrapers standing during earthquakes. They came to rail against the imminent human, social and environmental harms sure to result from slashing scientific funding and firing tens of thousands of federal workers with specialized scientific expertise.
Scientists turned out in force in cities and campuses across the country and Europe Friday to protest what they call the Trump administration’s “unprecedented” assault on federal scientific agencies and to help the public understand science’s crucial role in protecting people and the planet.
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