No Place for Science, With Trump’s Mad Growth Obsession
by Kirsten Stade
Among his many gifts to big business, President Trump has made it his mission to squash science wherever he can.
This is hardly surprising, as scientific realities often interfere with business bottom lines. For corporate interests and allies like those who populate the Trump Administration, climate change and biodiversity collapse are best denied. Along with other manifestations of the conflict between economic growth and environmental protection, their messengers are best silenced.