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Taking It to the Streets: Scientists Mobilize to Fight Trump’s “Unprecedented” Anti-Science Agenda

Inside Climate News · By Liza Gross, Bob Berwyn, Dennis Pillion, Kiley Bense, Lauren Dalban, Lisa Sorg · last updated
Scientists turned out at rallies from coast to coast and in Europe to “Stand Up for Science,” revitalizing a movement to defend scientific integrity that started during Trump’s first term.

By Liza Gross, Bob Berwyn, Dennis Pillion, Kiley Bense, Lauren Dalban, Lisa Sorg

SAN FRANCISCO—They came to testify to the life-saving benefits of medical research. They came to explain how scientific discoveries avert disasters and keep skyscrapers standing during earthquakes. They came to rail against the imminent human, social and environmental harms sure to result from slashing scientific funding and firing tens of thousands of federal workers with specialized scientific expertise.