Trump Cuts U.S. Scientists Loose from IPCC Report: Climate Juggernaut Takes a Hit

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Trump Cuts U.S. Scientists Loose from IPCC Report: Climate Juggernaut Takes a Hit
14 hours ago Charles Rotter 165 Comments

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/02/21/climate/trump-blocks-scientists-ipcc
The Trump administration has issued a stop-work order to U.S. government scientists, effectively excising them from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) next major report, due in 2029. The decision pulls American expertise and funding from a process that’s long leaned on both to prop up its dire pronouncements. For those who’ve watched the IPCC churn out one overheated forecast after another, there’s a certain satisfaction in seeing the climate establishment forced to limp along without its biggest benefactor.

The directive halts federal scientists’ contributions to the IPCC’s seventh assessment report, a multi-volume undertaking that typically mobilizes thousands of researchers across years to paint a picture of imminent catastrophe. NASA’s chief scientist, Kate Calvin, was tapped to co-chair an international meeting in Hangzhou, China, next week, where the report’s scope was to be hammered out. That’s off the table now, and the meeting itself hangs in limbo—organizers must be wondering how to proceed without one of their star players.

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/02/22/trump-cuts-u-s-scientists-loose-from-ipcc-report-climate-juggernaut-takes-a-hit/

[Timber Rattler]

I have NO problem with that!  Good riddance!