A Brain Drain Among Government Scientists Bogs Down Biden's Climate Ambitions

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WASHINGTON — Juliette Hart quit her job last summer as an oceanographer for the U.S. Geological Survey, where she used climate models to help coastal communities plan for rising seas. She said she was demoralized after four years of the Trump administration, in which political appointees pressured her to delete or downplay mentions of climate change.

“It’s easy and quick to leave government, not so quick for government to regain the talent,” said Hart, whose job remains vacant.

President Donald Trump’s battle against climate science — his appointees undermined federal studies, fired scientists and drove many experts to quit or retire — continues to reverberate six months into the Biden administration. From the Agriculture Department to the Pentagon to the National Park Service, hundreds of jobs in climate and environmental science across the federal government remain vacant.

Scientists and climate policy experts who quit have not returned. Recruitment is suffering, according to federal employees, as government science jobs are no longer viewed as insulated from politics. And money from Congress to replenish the ranks could be years away.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/brain-drain-among-government-scientists-114900196.html

TFG got rid of scientists and replaced them with his own ass kissing sycophants.

[TreasonousBastard]

1. This is long-term, and terrifying, damage.

[Midnight Writer]

2. I wonder if we will also see a brain drain from NASA because of the billionaire space race.

[rickyhall]

3. Repugs have caused a similar drain to the whole country with their anti-science shit.

Oh, but science education teaches people how to think. Thinking people don't vote Republican or refuse vaccination. Wonder why that is? Hummmm.....