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L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
Sat Jul 22, 2017, 02:26 PM Jul 2017

Trump Nominates Climate-Denying, Conservative Talk Show Host as USDA's Top Scientist

Bottom line, the guy isn't even a scientist!

https://www.ecowatch.com/sam-clovis-usda-2462483880.html

President Trump on Wednesday nominated Sam Clovis, a former economics professor and conservative talk show radio host, to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) top scientific position.

Clovis, an early advisor to the Trump campaign, has a master's in business administration and a doctoral degree in public administration, and appears to have no published scientific or academic work to his name. The position he is nominated for, which is tasked to provide scientific direction and uphold "scientific integrity" at the USDA, has previously been held by distinguished scientists with deep expertise in certain issue areas.

In a 2014 interview, Clovis called evidence of climate change "junk science," claiming that he has "enough of a science background to know when I'm being boofed."
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Trump Nominates Climate-Denying, Conservative Talk Show Host as USDA's Top Scientist (Original Post) L. Coyote Jul 2017 OP
WTF Catmusicfan Jul 2017 #1
Not sure I can handle anymore of this garbage. secondwind Jul 2017 #2
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