Trump's war on science, a chronology (Week 1)

Cory Doctorow 7:17 am Wed Feb 1, 2017

John Dupuis, the web's leading chronicler of governmental wars on science, has made good on his promise to track trumpism's denialism, and judging from week one, there's going to be a gigantic rapsheet by the time Trump is impeached.

Here is a list of the damage done during the first week of the Donald Trump presidency.

* Jan 2017. EPA studies, data must undergo political review before release (more: 1 2 3 4 5 6)

* Jan 2017. GOP makes plans to invalidate Endangered Species Act (more: 1 2 3 4)

* Jan 2017. Donald Trump will eliminate landmark climate protection plan, says first post on White House website

* Jan 2017. Trump’s Wall Could Cause Serious Environmental Damage (more: 1 2 3)

* Jan 2017. Trump Administration Orders EPA to Remove Its Climate Change Web Page (more: 1)

* Jan 2017. Trump Appoints Anti-Regulation Net Neutrality Enemy to Head FCC (more: 1 2)

* Jan 2017. White House orders ‘immediate regulatory freeze’ and proposes slashing regulations (more: 1 2 3 4 5)

* Jan 2017. Donald Trump is the sole reliable source of truth, says chair of House Science Committee (more: 1)

* Jan 2017. Reported Trump Science Adviser Rejects Climate Science and is generally anti-intellectual (more: 1 2 3)

* Jan 2017. Trump’s Anti-Muslim Order Could Have ‘Chilling’ Effect On Science (more: 1 2 3)

* Jan 2017. Climate change summit canceled by CDC amid uncertainty of a Trump presidency (more: 1 2 3 4 5)

* Jan 2017. Myron Ebell, Trump Adviser, Calling for Overhaul of ‘Junk Science’ at EPA (more: 1 2)

* Jan 2017. Trump bans agencies (USDA, NPS, EPA, DoT, etc) from ‘providing updates on social media or to reporters’ (more: 1 2 3 4)

* Jan 2017. Trump’s unsupported claim he has ‘received awards on the environment’ (more: 1 2)

* Jan 2017. Minutes after Trump becomes president, White House website deletes all mention of climate change (more: 1 2 3)

* Jan 2017. Trump Issues Executive Orders Freezing Federal Hiring (more: 1 2)

* Jan 2017. White House warns Prince Charles against ‘lecturing’ on climate change (more: 1)

The Donald Trump War on Science: Week 1: How bad could it be?

(Image: Gage Skidmore, CC-BY-SA)

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