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American scientists are now organizing their own march on Washington

Scientists are planning their own march on Washington http://usuncut.com/resistance/scientists-plan-march-washington/ Zach Cartwright | January 25, 2017 Scientists are now organizing their own mass march, demanding the new administration respect science and heed their warnings about climate change.

The idea of a scientists’ march on Washington began in earnest on Reddit, with scientific professionals discussing how to best make their voices heard with respect to getting President Trump to heed their warnings on climate change. Scientific redditors then decided to put out a call to action for all scientists and anyone who supports empirical science to come together in Washington, DC after seeing the resounding success of the historic Women’s March on Washington and around the country.

“This isn’t just about jobs to us, if we cared about money we wouldn’t be in this field in the first place. This is about the future of every organism on earth, many that haven’t even been born yet,” wrote Reddit user RetardCharizard. “We have to fight.”

Caroline Weinberg, a public health researcher, told the Washington Post that the Trump administration’s gag orders on government agencies that study climate change and how it affects the U.S. was the last straw.

“We were inspired (well, infuriated) by the current attacks on science from the new administration,” Weinberg wrote in an email to the Post. “Slashing funding and restricting scientists from communicating their findings (from tax-funded research!) with the public is absurd and cannot be allowed to stand as policy.”

A Twitter account for the march has already been launched, and says a date announcement is forthcoming.

January 27, 2017 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, USA