President Donald J. Trump’s battle against climate science continues to reverberate six months into the Biden administration. From the Agriculture Department to the Pentagon to the National Park Service, hundreds of jobs in climate and environmental science across the federal government remain vacant. Scientists and climate policy experts who quit have not returned. Recruitment is suffering, according to federal employees, as government science jobs are no longer viewed as insulated from politics. And money from Congress to replenish the ranks could be years away.
By Coral Davenport, Lisa Friedman and Christopher Flavelle. New York Times. Aug. 1, 2021.
