“Members of Congress should not underestimate the quandary they will find themselves in if NASA does not continue these critical Earth science research activities. The products of these endeavors form the basis of our nation’s weather forecasts, lead to new technologies that drive our economy forward, and help protect American lives, infrastructure, and investments. Doing away with or demoting these activities is a risk they should not be willing to take.” The Union of Concerned Scientists
Trump has nominated a rabid climate change denier to administer NASA, (the agency includes NASA’S Earth Sciences which studies climate change), Representative Jim Bridenstine (R-OK). This man is so recklessly and shockingly unqualified for the position that The Union of Concerned Scientists have formally condemned his nomination.
With complete GOP control of the levers of power in Washington DC, Bridestine, who is the only nominee for this key position, is expected to be confirmed.
There is a pattern of willful neglect and staggering cruelty by the narcissistic megalomaniac that is Donald Trump. He has surrounded himself with a cabinet swarming with fossil fuel interests, war machine advocates, religious nut jobs, and of course, disaster capitalists who are currently salivating over the prospects of profiting off of Puerto Rico’s misery. And disturbingly, Donald “take the oil” Trump, has a complacent GOP congress more then willing to enact his demented and catastrophic environmental agenda. NASA is the only agency in the world that can provide the critical data sets that researchers need to protect the biosphere from collapse, and to advise emergency planners who, in turn, will need to alert the public of the inevitable catastrophes that we will have no choice but to endure. Republicans intend to destroy this critical work by NASA’s Earth Science Division as they finally have the opportunity and found their henchman to do just that.