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Should the Super-Rich Save Climate Research from Trump?
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/603179/should-the-super-rich-save-climate-research-from-trump/[font face=Serif][font size=5]Should the Super-Rich Save Climate Research from Trump?[/font]
[font size=4]If the president-elect slashes funding for climate science and clean-energy research, billionaires might step in.[/font]
by Jamie Condliffe | December 16, 2016
[font size=3]Judging from statements made by President-elect Donald Trump's transition team, and the growing list of nominees for key jobs in his administration, the future of environmental science and clean energy research is looking shaky. The question is, even if America’s climate-friendly billionaires can fill the gap, should they?
Trump has his eyes on defanging the Environmental Protection Agency and scrapping the Clean Power Plan. It’s also been suggested that he might cut funding of NASA’s climate science research. Researchers have been backing up data amid fears that it might vanish. And if Rick Perry becomes the head of the Department of Energy, research into new energy solutions will not be led by concern for the climate.
All of which leaves some scientists wondering who might help them monitor humanity’s impact on the planet.
At the American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco on Thursday, Marcia McNutt, president of the National Academy of Sciences, said that private donors may foot the bill for funding climate science. According to Buzzfeed, McNutt says that she’s spoken with people who could raise billions of dollars to help the cause.
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[font size=4]If the president-elect slashes funding for climate science and clean-energy research, billionaires might step in.[/font]
by Jamie Condliffe | December 16, 2016
[font size=3]Judging from statements made by President-elect Donald Trump's transition team, and the growing list of nominees for key jobs in his administration, the future of environmental science and clean energy research is looking shaky. The question is, even if America’s climate-friendly billionaires can fill the gap, should they?
Trump has his eyes on defanging the Environmental Protection Agency and scrapping the Clean Power Plan. It’s also been suggested that he might cut funding of NASA’s climate science research. Researchers have been backing up data amid fears that it might vanish. And if Rick Perry becomes the head of the Department of Energy, research into new energy solutions will not be led by concern for the climate.
All of which leaves some scientists wondering who might help them monitor humanity’s impact on the planet.
At the American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco on Thursday, Marcia McNutt, president of the National Academy of Sciences, said that private donors may foot the bill for funding climate science. According to Buzzfeed, McNutt says that she’s spoken with people who could raise billions of dollars to help the cause.
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