A Test for Team Trump On Climate-Change Science
In response to the March for Science, President Trump said: “My administration is committed to advancing scientific research that leads to a better understanding of our environment and of environmental risks” (“March on Earth,” April 23).
That is welcome, but the real test of how committed he is to scientific advancement is whether he funds scientific research that can settle the climate change debate and prove if it’s real or just some liberal hoax.
I hope the president realizes funding scientific research is good for all of us. Marc Perkel Gilroy, Calif.
Many people were in the streets last weekend for the March for Science because Trump’s budget proposes reducing funding for environmental protection and for global monitoring of our planet’s climate change.
Evidence is the best basis for making governmental policy, yet this administration doesn’t even want to collect evidence.
The survival of a habitable Earth, as well as our country’s greatness, de- pends upon our politicians taking heed. Bruce Joffe Piedmont, Calif.
The reports of the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change demonstrate that climate skepticism is well-warranted. Much of what we thought we knew about climate is either mistaken or highly debatable.
Not even the world’s leading experts know the future of climate. Until we do, the billions that are spent trying to stop climate change should be diverted to helping the world’s poor cope with problems we know to be real. Tom Harris Ottawa, Ontario
Does anyone who protested at the March for Science really think Trump and his administration will be swayed on climate change?
Budget Director Mick Mulvaney said: “Regarding the question as to climate change, I think the president was fairly straightforward. We’re not spending money on that anymore. We consider that to be a waste of your money to go out and do that.” If we’re relying on government funding to stop climate change, we’re doomed. Robert LaRosa Whitestone
The March for Science was a show of respect for the knowledge that has propelled our society.
We need to be consistent in our acceptance of this knowledge and not cherry-pick facts. What that boils down to is both parties accepting that climate warming is reality and not a political creation. Mike Caggiano San Mateo, Calif