Only days after inauguration, the Trump administration provoked anxiety among scientists in the U.S. and around the world. And scientists’ continuing concerns are well founded: media blackouts were reportedly installed at several federal agencies; grants were frozen at the Environmental Protection Agency; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cancelled a climate and health conference. The administration has already shown a disregard for evidence, choosing “alternative facts” instead.
The response from the global scientific community was swift. Within days, word of a March for Science in Washington, DC, began to spread. The idea gained momentum quickly, garnering international media attention and hundreds of thousands of followers on social media. The march has now been set for Earth Day—April 22—and planned satellite marches are springing up across the U.S., in many Canadian cities, and elsewhere.
Over the last several weeks, a number of opinion articles have come out against the march. ...
