The new president signed a series of decrees last week
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In the first week of his second term, US President Donald Trump threw the country’s scientific apparatus into chaos while establishing a new technological oligarchy. With a series of executive orders, he has set the United States on a path that will derail climate goals, biomedical research and pandemic preparedness.
On January 20, the first day of his presidency, Trump declared a “national energy emergency” and proposed expanding federal fossil fuel production, including a controversial decision to open the Arctic National…