{"id":354299,"date":"2024-12-13T17:47:36","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T16:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=354299"},"modified":"2024-12-13T17:47:39","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T16:47:39","slug":"the-wailing-scientists-of-washington-fear-mongering-in-lab-coats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=354299","title":{"rendered":"The Wailing Scientists of Washington: Fear-Mongering in Lab Coats"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Charles Rotter<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the hallowed halls of Washington, where the wine flows freely and the government grants run wild, a curious gathering of cloistered bureaucrats posing as scientists recently assembled. They weren\u2019t there to debate scientific breakthroughs or marvel at the wonders of the cosmos. No, they were there to wring their hands and tremble in fear because\u2014horror of horrors\u2014Donald Trump might become president again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The American Geophysical Union (AGU) hosted its annual confab, and this year\u2019s theme wasn\u2019t climate change, rising seas, or polar bears. It was a full-blown therapy session for government-funded climate warriors, panicked at the thought of losing their cushy sinecures. You\u2019d think they\u2019d discovered an asteroid hurtling toward Earth, but no such luck. Their real fear? Budget cuts. Or worse: accountability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apocalypse Now, Fund Me Later<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

According to reports, the atmosphere at this science shindig was as cheery as a funeral for a goldfish. Words like censorship<\/em>, funding cuts<\/em>, and layoffs<\/em> were tossed around as if Trump had already begun personally slashing their travel stipends. These professional alarmists didn\u2019t even wait for the president-elect to take office before diving into a collective meltdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Andrew Dessler, a Texas A&M University climate scientist and president of AGU\u2019s global environmental change section, said Trump officials could once again shutter websites, concealing years of research from the public at a time when the impacts of climate change are accelerating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPeople are really kind of exhausted,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s not so much that we people have evidence that it\u2019s going to be bad. It\u2019s just that if you look at what they say, that\u2019s clearly what they want to do.\u201d

https:\/\/www.eenews.net\/articles\/trumps-climate-threats-rattle-worlds-biggest-science-meeting\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

After all, Trump had the audacity to question their sacred dogma\u2014climate change\u2014and joke that rising seas might create more coastal real estate. Blasphemy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One AGU official went so far as to declare, \u201cEverybody at AGU is nervous. The unknown is what makes people nervous.\u201d Oh, the horror of not knowing whether taxpayers will continue funding their favorite global warming PowerPoints! This isn\u2019t science; it\u2019s a poorly scripted soap opera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Project 2025: A Bureaucrat\u2019s Nightmare<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

What has these bureaucratic activists so spooked? Enter Project 2025<\/em>, a Heritage Foundation blueprint for making the federal government slightly less bloated. This dastardly document proposes eliminating wasteful spending, trimming agency staffs, and\u2014gasp\u2014requiring results from federal programs. Imagine the gall of expecting scientists to justify their work! If you didn\u2019t know better, you\u2019d think Trump planned to ban lab coats altogether.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The AGU attendees are convinced this plan will spell doom for agencies like NOAA and the EPA. They fear \u201cclimate translators\u201d (yes, that\u2019s a real thing) will be out of a job, as if Defense Department engineers can\u2019t Google \u201cclimate data\u201d without a chaperone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Brandenberger of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory said her message to staff was to \u201cstay calm and carry on.\u201d But she noted that changes are likely. Certain words might be less jeopardized than others. The fate of more than 100 \u201cclimate translators\u201d staffed by her office to help Defense Department engineers make sense of future-looking climate data is uncertain.

https:\/\/www.eenews.net\/articles\/trumps-climate-threats-rattle-worlds-biggest-science-meeting\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, the newly announced \u201cDepartment of Government Efficiency,\u201d helmed by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, has become the stuff of nightmares for these ivory tower types. Musk wants to send people to Mars, and somehow that\u2019s a threat to NASA Earth Science programs. Priorities, people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cEveryone\u2019s demoralized,\u201d the NASA scientist said, adding that Musk\u2019s potential influence at the agency \u2014 particularly his dream of sending a crewed exploration team to Mars \u2014 might affect NASA\u2019s Earth science programs or compete with climate programs for funding.

https:\/\/www.eenews.net\/articles\/trumps-climate-threats-rattle-worlds-biggest-science-meeting\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Censorship and Euphemisms<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The pearl-clutching doesn\u2019t stop there. Federal employees worry they might have to stop using terms like climate change<\/em> and instead employ euphemisms like extreme weather<\/em>. Funny how they weren\u2019t concerned about censorship when climate skeptics, such as this very site are demoted and banned. But now that their bureaucratic fiefdoms are under threat, they\u2019re ready to storm the barricades of free speech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One NASA scientist, speaking anonymously (because bravery, apparently, is not their strong suit), lamented the potential end of work-from-home provisions. Forget saving the planet; these folks are fighting to preserve their right to attend Zoom meetings in pajamas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Real Tragedy? Accountability<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Underpinning all this hysteria is one undeniable fact: these so-called scientists aren\u2019t afraid of bad policy. They\u2019re terrified of accountability. Trump\u2019s first administration exposed their bloated budgets, redundant programs, and dubious research. It\u2019s no wonder they\u2019re panicking at the thought of a second term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take Will Happer, a physicist who tried to organize a formal review of climate science during Trump\u2019s first term. The resistance he faced didn\u2019t come from leftists\u2014it came from Republican appointees more concerned with optics than truth. Heaven forbid anyone poke holes in their shaky models and politically motivated predictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dark Humor and Lighter Wallets<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

To lighten the mood, some attendees resorted to dark humor. One NOAA official joked about making \u201cthe atmosphere great again,\u201d riffing on Trump\u2019s slogan. But behind the quips was a stark reality: these bureaucrats know their days of unchecked power may be numbered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Legal experts at the conference gave tutorials on lobbying laws and how to survive mass layoffs. Imagine needing legal counsel to figure out how to keep your government gig. It\u2019s a level of bureaucratic navel-gazing that only the Beltway could produce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keep Calm and Carry On (Or Don\u2019t)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

At the end of the day, the advice for these nervous Nellies was simple: stay calm and carry on.<\/em> But that\u2019s easier said than done when your entire career depends on public panic and political patronage. Their real worry isn\u2019t that climate change will destroy the planet; it\u2019s that a Trump administration might destroy their gravy train.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the conference adjourned, attendees shuffled off to their government-funded offices, clutching their reusable coffee cups and hoping for a return to the Biden-era status quo. After all, why bother solving real problems when you can scare taxpayers into funding your next climate model?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

H\/T Roger Pielke Jr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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